There has not been a major (or minor) nuclear explosion since the 1960s. This is almost entirely because ...

Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit Tehran, 6 March, 2026 ...

Located in the Back Basin of the Norris Geyser Basin, the geyser unexpectedly erupted on Feb. 7 after nearly six years of dormancy, marking its first eruption since December 2020.

As SXSW expands with all programming tracks happening at once, Brian Hobbs explains how the festival is creating more ...

Meanwhile, a meeting of G7 finance ministers and the International Energy Agency ends apparently without agreement to release ...

Mexico said Friday it would deploy nearly 100,000 security personnel to protect fans at the football World Cup in three host ...

In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba, a hydrogen bomb with a 50-megaton yield—the largest explosion ever created by humans. The blast was about 3,800 times stronger than Hiroshima and ...

A historic disruption to the world’s oil production sent crude prices smashing through the $100 barrier Monday for the first time in nearly four years.

Explosions are sending up plumes of smoke in Iran's capital city as the United States says the most intense bombing of the ...

Explosions sounded in Iran’s capital city Wednesday as its war with the U.S. and Israel entered a fifth day following earlier strikes on an ...

A large, bright meteor fell over Europe on Sunday, with some observers saying they could hear the rock’s explosive descent ...