In 1957, scientists detonated a nuclear bomb under the Nevada desert — and launched a steel manhole cover at unimaginable ...

The Moon has inspired myths, guided sailors, and lit up our nights for thousands of years. But during one of the most intense ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gen. Stephen Whiting, the commander of U.S. Space Command, recently made waves when he publicly discussed a major threat that ...

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such ...

Space-based nuclear weapons are a serious matter, and one that deserves the very highest level of national attention.