On April 26, 1986, Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power plant experienced a sudden power surge, which led to a series of explosions. The ensuing fire and release of radioactive materials resulted in ...

Kilonova explosions from neutron star collisions may damage atmospheres and threaten life if nearby, according to a new study.

A new study has found that an explosion in virus diversity 2.5 million years ago in Lake Tanganyika occurred at the same time radiation from an ancient supernova bathed Earth in cosmic rays.

Born in Belarus in 1990, Khvitsko’s legs never fully developed due to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion. She grew up wanting to run but couldn’t, due to the high cost ...

1, 2 and 3. Hydrogen explosions caused massive radiation leaks and contamination in the area. The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, says that the tsunami couldn’t have been ...

New research from the University of Michigan suggests that early Homo sapiens may have survived this event by using clever ...

Radiation levels were estimated at 10 sieverts ... In the triple meltdown triggered by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, the shield plug of the No. 1 reactor slipped out of place and ...

But the nuclear fallout for the ensuing years after the explosion was also responsible for hundreds of thousands deaths, due to the extreme levels of radiation admitted into the atmosphere.

A gas explosion leveled a home on Wednesday evening in a Kansas City suburb after a gas main was damaged. City officials in ...