Nearly 80 years after the event, trinitite still has the power to amaze.

The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to ...

Scientists have precisely measured two unstable atomic nuclei that play a crucial role in explosive X-ray bursts on neutron stars. The results reveal faster nuclear reactions than previously thought, ...

Inside, the tube holds various sensors that can measure the explosion as it intensifies. By containing all the power within ...

Including his collaborations with Prince William and Brian Cox.

New evidence suggests that a comet explosion over North America may have triggered a massive wave of destruction nearly 13,000 years ago, killing off mammoths and mastodons and wiping out one of the ...