Under the terms of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty all nuclear explosions are prohibited whether for military or peaceful purposes.

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that without launching nukes into space means getting creative. One day ...

Nuclear-weapons physicist Greg Spriggs rates eight nuclear-explosion scenes in movies. He analyzes the portrayal of nuclear detonations and their effects in Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and ...