The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant was the site of a catastrophic nuclear disaster in 1986, caused by human error. Reactor four's explosion released massive radiation, affecting 150,000 square ...

A Russian drone has reportedly struck the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, sparking fears of a potential nuclear ...

In 2022, samples from a Sahara dust storm showed that radioactivity from nuclear tests 70 years ago still drifts around ...

Neutrinos are ghostly subatomic particles that can travel in a straight line for billions of light-years, passing unhindered ...

In the search for elusive particles called neutrinos, researchers are stringing thousands of detectors in the depths of the ...

It's a key problem that will need to be addressed if humans are to attempt deep-space, long-duration missions. Not only is radiation exposure a dangerous health risk to humans, but it also poses a ...

ODAKA, Japan >> Every year when winter finally loosens its grip on northern Japan, Tomoko Kobayashi begins what has become an annual rite for her and a small band of collaborators. They head out with ...

You would have to flip 75 heads in a row on a fair coin to have the same probability of a single neutrino interacting with a ...

The creation of the belts, and others like it in the future, are a potential new danger to astronauts and satellites headed ...

The tracks of three disintegration particles can be distinguished, but only the particle of short-range remains in the emulsion The characteristics of the tracks which allow us to infer the ...

In May 2024, an epic solar storm rattled Earth so powerfully that its effects were felt even at the bottom of the ocean.