A nuclear winter is a theoretical concept, but if the climate scenario expected to follow a large-scale nuclear war, in which smoke and soot from firestorms block sunlight, came to fruition, global ...

A week after a massive explosion at a fireworks facility in Esparto killed seven people and injured two more, questions remain about the cause of the blast, whether workers at the facility could have ...

In this special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, experts reflect on 2011 and highlight what to look out for in 2012 in the areas of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, ...

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major ...

Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and destructive than previously thought, according to new research. Unlike ...

Scientists have revealed for the first time a jaw-dropping early view of an exploding supernova. Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) have revealed ...

Join us in this thrilling adventure as we elevate the classic Coke and Mentos experiment with the ingenious use of a colossal balloon! Delve into the fascinating science behind the hyperactive Mentos ...