Modeling of a B61-7 nuclear detonation over Los Angeles, California. The yellow circle denotes the fireball radius, inner grey circle the moderate damage blast radius, orange circle the thermal ...

The underwater Baker nuclear explosion on July 25, 1946, created a huge mushroom-shaped cloud that spread radiation far and wide. Image taken from a tower on Bikini Island.

See here for the map in a new tab. The first successful nuclear detonation in history was the Trinity test, carried out by the United States Army in July 1945.

The third most powerful nuclear detonation in history, it is simply known as "test 147," again not acquiring a nickname like the "Tsar Bomba" did. This bomb clocks in as being about 1,400 times as ...

Nuclear detonation detection information from the USNDS is continuously broadcast to the entire surface of the Earth from GPS satellites, just like navigation data that is received by your smartphone.

Recent research indicates that nuclear explosions could be used to prevent catastrophic asteroid collisions with Earth. The idea, while not new, is being revisited with fresh scientific rigor ...

In a nuclear detonation, the thermal and shock effects are the most immediate and are unimaginable. The fission-fusion process that occurs in a thermonuclear explosion happens in a millionth of a ...

Most concerning though is the conclusion that China's most powerful nuclear weapon, a 5-megaton beast, could single-handedly send the world into "nuclear autumn" with just one detonation. China ...

A video spread in multiple languages online has been claimed to show a massive nuclear explosion caused by US strikes in the ...

How to survive a nuclear explosion: Scientists reveal the safest places to take shelter when a blast wave hits – and why you should steer clear of any windows, corridors and doors ...

Novice Prepper posted the TikTok How to Survive a Nuclear Explosion on February 25, the day after Russia invaded Ukraine. It has been viewed 5.4 million times.