Astronomers are trying to understand a mysterious cosmic explosion that the Einstein Probe spacecraft spotted in April last year.

The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.

Amherst County officials are sending a letter of support for Appalachian Power’s plans for a small modular nuclear reactor in Campbell County as the company seeks grants from the U.S. Department ...

The other two production sites for the Manhattan Project – Hanford, Washington, and Los Alamos, New Mexico – have numerous ...

For nearly 30 years, the world's major powers have observed a voluntary moratorium on nuclear testing. But with tensions rising around the globe, some fear that could soon change.

A thousand feet beneath the desert, the United States conducts experiments to verify that its weapons work. But some fear a ...

Small modular reactors (SMRs) are gaining momentum as a promising clean energy solution, with numerous companies developing ...

Now, a new and compact fusion reactor in Spain—the SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak, or SMART—is further experimenting with ...

A military plane was carrying the weapons when it exploded over a rural area, killing three people and sending the bombs plunging toward the ground Jan. 24, 1961. The “safety interlocks on the weapons ...

According to an International Atomic Energy Agency yardstick, about 42 kg of uranium enriched to that level is enough in principle, if enriched further, for one nuclear bomb. Grossi said Iran ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is leading a team of nuclear companies and utilities applying for an $800 million federal grant to help finance small modular nuclear reactors at its Clinch River ...