There has not been a major (or minor) nuclear explosion since the 1960s. This is almost entirely because ...

Explosions hit multiple sections of the South Pars gas field, the world’s largest such facility, which is shared by Iran and Qatar, Iranian state media said Wednesday. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry ...

From industrial safety and Mach-speed propulsions to the birth of diamonds and the death of stars, Texas A&M’s colossal detonation facility turns raw explosions into breakthrough discoveries.

In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba, a hydrogen bomb with a 50-megaton yield—the largest explosion ever created by humans. The blast was about 3,800 times stronger than Hiroshima and ...