Its aim was to examine how a nuclear bomb in space would affect Earth’s atmosphere. But the thing is, space is already radioactive. Astronauts, animals and plants in space are all subjected to ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Imagine if we detonated a nuclear bomb in space? Actually, you don't have to. You can see it for yourself. That was Starfish Prime — the highest ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared later that Moscow has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in space, claiming that ... II that developed the atomic bomb, “brought the harsh ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow is "categorically against" the deployment of nuclear weapons in space. His remarks came during a televised meeting with his defence minister ...

It was 12 September 1933. A little under 12 years later, the US dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima, killing an estimated 135,000 people. The path from Szilard’s idea to its deadly realisation is ...

In any scenario, a nuclear weapon detonated in outer space wouldn’t have a localized impact like a direct hit with a missile strike. It would be indiscriminate, affecting all nations.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has continued its pursuit of obtaining a nuclear weapon by not only stockpiling enriched uranium to near-weapons grade purity, it has expanded its covert actions in ...

Could interplanetary space travel be made possible by harnessing the power of a nuclear bomb? In 1958, that was the question facing nuclear physicist Freeman Dyson and the team behind Project ...

On 6 August 1945, a US bomber dropped the uranium bomb above the city, killing around 140,000 people. Three days later a second nuclear weapon was dropped on Nagasaki. Two weeks later Japan ...