Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything humans had created before.

The mystery of how a Russian cargo ship sank deepened after it was revealed that the vessel suffered multiple explosions while allegedly carrying two nuclear reactors believed to be bound for North ...

CHALMETTE, La. (WVUE) - Fire crews remained inside Chalmette Refining on Friday afternoon, dousing tanks with water to cool them down after an explosion and fire at the refinery. The explosion was ...

A nuclear explosion creates immediate and long-lasting dangers, including intense heat, blast pressure, and radiation. Survival often depends on distance from the explosion and the actions taken in ...

San Antonio — Five people were injured when explosions occurred several hours apart at two homes on the same block of a north San Antonio neighborhood Tuesday night, authorities said. The National ...

Constellation Energy (CEG) operates 21 nuclear reactors—the largest U.S. fleet—and generated $25.5B in 2025 revenue with $2.32B in net income while signing long-term contracts with data-center ...

A blast on Thursday night turned out to be for a video shoot, but it unnerved residents who had lived through a propane plant explosion in 2008. By Vjosa Isai Flames erupted into a thick column of ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado—Russia’s hypothetical use of its alleged nuclear anti-satellite capability was the focus of U.S. Space Command’s latest tabletop wargame, which pushed the U.S. government, ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. With the world struggling to get oil supplies moving from the Middle East, ...

Into the second month of the US-Iran war, the conflict in the Gulf continues to escalate—airstrikes widening, oil markets reacting, and pressure mounting around the Strait of Hormuz. But beyond the ...

A nuclear bomb explodes at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean in 1946, one of several U.S. test explosions. Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The idea for a new canal to move oil from the ...