On July 16, 1945, the United States conducted the world’s first-ever nuclear test, known as the Trinity test, in the desert ...

Supernovas, kilonovas, gamma-ray bursts... oh my! The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will uncover 100,000 of these ...

Scientists in New Mexico conducted several experiments and learned that asteroids can be deflected from Earth using explosions of nuclear warheads above the space rock's surface.

The ‘controlled’ explosions were one of 5 suborbital tests conducted by the U.S during the Cold War and the nuclear arms race, as part the effects of nuclear weapons in high altitudes/outer space.

Researchers will mine data from NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will survey the same areas of the sky every ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - The idea of using a nuclear explosion to fend off an incoming asteroid has been considered in both real life and science fiction for some time now, but the idea never got much ...

We might be able to defend Earth from a future asteroid impact using something straight out of a sci-fi movie: a blast of X-rays. This pulse of X-ray radiation, produced by a nuclear explosion ...

Iran launches rocket into space as nuclear talks set to resume. ... Massive explosion at Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 14, injures 750. April 26, 2025.