A black fungus thriving inside Chernobyl’s reactor could help shield astronauts from deadly space radiation. Here’s how NASA’s secret weapon may reshape future space missions.

Nuclear power has a lot of potential, but many fear the dangers of nuclear meltdowns. Fortunately, some new reactors might ...

On April 26, 1986, reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl's Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Station was destroyed by an explosion. The resulting environmental disaster has rendered the area surrounding the ...

When the Chernobyl reactor exploded, radiation was so deadly it could kill in minutes. Yet one pilot was ordered to fly ...

On April 26 1986, in the middle of the night, a group of workers at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Number 4 Reactor in northern Ukraine attempted to carry out a safety test. But things went ...

I commemorated Chernobyl’s anniversary in hopes of making clear the ongoing and horrific impacts of nuclear energy. On Wednesday morning, as part of Toronto-based anti-nuke group DONT NUKE TO!, I ...

Workers in orange vests are busy around anthracite panels: investors in Ukraine are building the first solar plant in the contaminated area of Chernobyl to revive this abandoned territory. The new one ...

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER STATION, Ukraine (AP) — A drone armed with a warhead hit the protective outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant early Friday, punching a hole in the structure and ...

Given the totality of energy production, nuclear energy is very safe, but when things go wrong, they go very wrong as ...

Have you ever looked at a nuclear disaster site and thought: “I want to drink something from there”? Scientists from the U.K. and Ukraine claim to have developed the very first batch of vodka using ...