Is there a minimum size for an atomic bomb? Would it be possible to make a microscopic one that results in a very small explosion? Simon McLeish Lechlade, Gloucestershire, UK.

Find out just how close the Nazis came to building atomic weapons during World War II, and view the only known diagram of a German nuclear bomb.

Atomic bombs came in different shapes based on their physics. At Wendover Air Force Base, they were tried on for size. By Caroline Delbert Published: Aug 01, 2023 2:47 PM EDT ...

The bomb had in fact yielded 20 kilotons, making it about the same size as Trinity, the first U.S. atomic test. Two months later the scientists principally responsible for designing the bomb won ...

Belarus has started taking the delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, president Alexander Lukashenko announced, claiming that some of these were three times more powerful than the atomic ...

The sharp-eyed bombardier aboard the bomb-dropping B-50 Superfortress missed his target by only 200 feet from an altitude of 33,000 feet, considered amazingly accurate by the scientists.