During the Cuban missile crisis, World War III was likely averted by what one US official called ‘just plain dumb luck.’ ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, had two children with his wife. Some of his grandchildren continue to ...

Experts have said the Hanford Site in Washington is an underground Chernobyl waiting to happen. Here's what the most toxic ...

Once home to the deadliest weapons on the planet, former silo, Cold War launch facility stands as reminder of dangerous times ...

The story of Japan’s surrender in World War II isn’t what you think. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki left ...

Oppenheimer's cast features personalities that bring characters to life with their performance. Let’s explore more about each ...

An image authentically shows a newspaper headline from 1945 saying that children wrote to Santa Claus to ask for atomic bombs ...

A scholar who has written about the moral implications of atomic weapons and now is writing a book on the historic legacy of ...

Once home to the deadliest weapons on the planet, former silo, launch facility stands as reminder of dangerous times.

"It is more important than ever to take the power to start a nuclear war out of the hands of a single individual," Democrats told Biden in a letter.

The project is an effort to encourage U.S. Catholics to support the casting of a new bell for Nagasaki's Urakami Cathedral as ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This "Historically Speaking" column contains the opinions of columnist D. Ray Smith based upon the research ...