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 ...

Astronomers have long struggled to capture the true nature of stellar nova explosions. However, thanks to cutting-edge techniques, a team of scientists has finally been able to observe these cosmic ...

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 ...

Astronomers used major telescopes across the world to probe a cosmic explosion 8 billion light-years from the solar system.

Astronomers have spotted an extraordinarily long-lived cosmic explosion lasting more than seven hours, breaking the record as ...

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 ...

A new battery technology has been developed that delivers significantly higher energy storage—enough to alleviate EV range ...