The W88, estimated to yield 455 kilotons of TNT explosives, is one of the most powerful nuclear warheads in the U.S. arsenal, and is carried on Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles ...

Rummana Hussain/Sun-Times Share Imagine a nuclear missile flying toward Chicago ... little under a mile — of ground zero died that same day from the effects of the blast, heat rays and radiation. In ...

Experts with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in Chicago analyze the risks, both as they’re depicted in the movie and in ...

From 1945 to 1962, the U.S. conducted 210 atmospheric nuclear tests, filming each with high speed cameras at about 2,400 frames per second. Decades later, roughly 10,000 reels sat unseen in secure ...

The blinding burst of light from a nuclear detonation follows, yet it quickly fades into an unexpectedly small mushroom cloud. The recording comes from the 1956 Yuma test conducted during Operation ...

The surprisingly prescient Kathryn Bigelow movie that just dropped on Netflix explores what happens when a presumably nuclear ...

Illinois will subsidize a new R&D facility for Nano Nuclear outside Chicago. Nano Nuclear will invest $12 million in the facility itself. The facility's primary aim will be to advance development of ...

Since their creation, nuclear weapons have struck awe and horror in the popular imagination, including that of the scientists who helped create them. The horrific damage, death and destruction caused ...

Nuclear projects are getting a boost of investment. WSJ in 2022 looked at how startups say their alternative designs can help solve past issues. Photo illustration: Eve Hartley The U.S. military is ...

All 18 people missing after a devastating blast leveled a Tennessee bomb factory are presumed dead, officials said Saturday. “They’ve gone through almost every square inch of this facility. We have ...

The Army is launching a sweeping new nuclear program to generate power for bases across the globe, particularly in remote or contested locations where fuel might be difficult to obtain, Fox News ...