The US carried out the Starfish Prime test by detonating a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb about 400 kilometres above Earth.
A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by ...
NASA visualization showing a cross-section of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific ...
To mark America's 250th birthday, we are revisiting key moments in Nevada history that had an impact on the country as a ...
U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., visited the Nevada National Security Site last week to observe how scientists certify the nation’s nuclear stockpile without detonating weapons, her office said this ...
When people think of the nuclear arms race, they typically picture mushroom clouds, ballistic missiles, and world leaders ...
On February 6, US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Thomas DiNanno claimed—though public evidence remains inconclusive—that China conducted “nuclear explosive tests, ...