At 3:39 p.m. on January 21, 1968, the aircraft slammed into the ice seven miles west of the base. The impact carved a ...

THE FIRST NUCLEAR reactor on earth went critical 2 billion years ago in western Africa when groundwater seeped into a rich vein of uranium ore. It controlled itself elegantly, its water moderator ...

The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were used during war. Here’s a look at the history and current U.S. stockpile.

Charles Oppenheimer knows his family name comes with a heavy responsibility. He's the grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led the Manhattan Project, becoming the father of the atomic ...

We learn of his role during the tense early years of the Cold War. Complete invasion of Western Europe by the Soviets was at ...

Richard L. Garwin, an architect of America’s hydrogen bomb, who shaped defense policies for postwar governments and laid the groundwork for insights into the structure of the universe as well as for ...