The Soviet Union detonated the most powerful nuclear weapon in the history of humankind, the Tsar Bomba, on October 30, 1961.

In Christopher Nolan's latest epic movie Oppenheimer, we see Robert Oppenheimer, the so-called "father of the atom bomb," struggling with the moral questions raised by his world-shaking invention. It ...

Tsar Bomba nuclear test was the biggest ever: Since Russia first invaded Ukraine nearly two years ago, President Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin officials have routinely threatened nuclear escalation ...

In 1961, the Soviet Union tested the Tsar Bomba — a hydrogen bomb so powerful it shook the planet. With a 50-megaton yield, it was 3,000 times stronger than Hiroshima and its shockwave circled Earth ...

The world of nuclear weapons is a very diverse one in terms of power and range. Like everything else we humans do, one of them does however sit at the top of the food chain: the Tsar Bomba. By far the ...