The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, effectively ended WWII, but took thousands of civilian lives. On August 6, 1945, the bomb was dropped on the city.

Their investigation simulated the effects of an atomic bomb explosion from a ... fatalities are imminent, and severe damage occurs. The danger persists at 5 psi, leading to widespread injuries ...

A chilling simulation has revealed what a nuclear bomb could do to the human body from different distances, including from ...

The bombing of three Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21 by American B-2 aircraft damaged the sites and set back Iran's ...

THE energy released by the explosion of an atomic bomb is of a degree unsurpassed by anything known to man. In addition to large amounts of radioactive energy, great quantities of thermal and mecha ...

Today is the anniversary of Hiroshima – when an atomic bomb nicknamed Little Boy was dropped on Japan. On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was left devastated, with up to 166,00 dying in the blast, and ...

The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb, “Little Boy,” on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. It was a uranium-based bomb with an explosive power of about 15 kilotons, which would be considered ...

LAS VEGAS – It wasn't going to be easy to track down the woman who came to be known as “Miss Atomic Bomb." All Robert Friedrichs had to go on was a stage name he found printed under an ...

Kyodo via REUTERS. Atomic bomb survivor Kunihiko Sakuma, center, visited the Cenotaph for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Japan, on Oct. 12.

Hiroshima officials are urging world leaders to stop relying on nuclear weapons as deterrence and take immediate action toward abolishment — not as an ideal, but to remove the risk of atomic war ...

A Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, has won the Nobel Peace Prize as fears grow of a new nuclear arms race. The head of the group has compared Gaza today to Japan 80 years ...

Today is the anniversary of Hiroshima – when an atomic bomb nicknamed Little Boy was dropped on Japan. On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was left devastated, with up to 166,00 dying in the blast, and ...