In 1962, the United States detonated a nuclear weapon in space during a Cold War experiment called Starfish Prime. The blast ...

Space-based nuclear weapons are a serious matter, and one that deserves the very highest level of national attention.

In 1957, scientists detonated a nuclear bomb under the Nevada desert — and launched a steel manhole cover at unimaginable ...

US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year.

Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gen. Stephen Whiting, the commander of U.S. Space Command, recently made waves when he publicly discussed a major threat that ...

Gen. Stephen Whiting, the commander of U.S. Space Command, recently made waves when he publicly discussed a major threat that America's newest military branch recently war-gamed — that of an adversary ...