A nuclear winter is a theoretical concept, but if the climate scenario expected to follow a large-scale nuclear war, in which smoke and soot from firestorms block sunlight, came to fruition, global ...

In this special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, experts reflect on 2011 and highlight what to look out for in 2012 in the areas of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, ...

Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and ...

A single gamma-ray burst has forced astronomers to redraw their mental map of how the most violent explosions in the universe work. Instead of behaving like a textbook blast, this eruption stayed ...

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old.

Join us in this thrilling adventure as we elevate the classic Coke and Mentos experiment with the ingenious use of a colossal balloon! Delve into the fascinating science behind the hyperactive Mentos ...