What happens when a comet collides with a gas giant? In July 1994, Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter in a spectacular ...

You know we're living in interesting times when "nuke the ocean floor" makes it onto the list of climate solutions. A new ...

EVER since the invention of the atomic bomb, we’ve lived with the terrifying spectre of one being dropped on Britain. And since the invasion of Ukraine Putin has repeatedly threatened to ...

the largest Catholic church in East Asia. But 70 years later, Nagasaki is once again a bustling city. The only remnant of the blast is a monument called the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park.

The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy a small country have been increased to 1 in 43.

The United States spends vastly more on its military than any of its enemies, but that has not made us secure from the most destructive weapons on the planet: nuclear-armed ballistic missiles. In fact ...

NASA is making emergency preparations to deal with a ‘city-killing’ asteroid after the odds of it smashing into Earth ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday pored over a once-classified map of vast deposits of rare earths and other critical minerals as part of a push to appeal to US President Donald ...

On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...

The most famous attraction is Takachiho Gorge – a deep chasm carved out by several explosions from the nearby Mount Aso, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly given the greenlight for the transfer of 11-ton bombs, dubbed the “Mother of All ...

Ukraine said that a Russian drone had hit a shelter constructed to prevent radiation leaks at the site’s Reactor No. 4. The Kremlin denied the accusation.