When a nuclear accident happens, it’s vital that scientists have accurate fallout models.

The Chernobyl disaster began in the early hours of April 26, 1986, when a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded during a safety test. The explosion and subsequent fire sent a plume of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything humans had created before.

Historic crystal discovery: Researchers found the first confirmed clathrate crystal produced by a nuclear blast, hidden in red trinitite from the 1945 Trinity test. Extreme formation conditions: The ...