But on April 26, 1986, disaster struck at Chernobyl. One of the plant's reactors exploded, sending highly radioactive contamination into the air across the Soviet Union and into Europe.

Mirion Technologies (NYSE: MIR), a global provider of advanced radiation safety solutions ... 400,000 vehicles within... at 21:00 Plume to Introduce Access to Tokenized Gold via Matrixdock ...

The experiments we have made have confirmed this anticipation, and shown that in every case in which light is scattered by the molecules in dust-free liquids or gases, the diffuse radiation of the ...

The event occurred at approximately 8:00 AM local time (22:00 UTC) on March 27, 2025. A thick, dark grey ash plume was ejected from the volcano’s summit crater, reaching an estimated height of 2-3 ...

For those unfamiliar with Yellowstone’s ever-changing landscape, the sudden appearance of a new steam plume might raise eyebrows, even fears of a volcanic awakening. But experts insist that there’s ...

An explosive eruption rocked Sakurajima Volcano in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture on March 25. The eruption sent a massive ash plume 8,200 feet above the crater. This was the volcano's 44th explosive ...

It remained prominent into the fall of 2024: a strong steam plume that remained visible from a nearby road on chilly mornings, the U.S. Geological Survey said. But as fall began to turn into ...

the explosion at Chernobyl in 1986, after years of heightened fears of nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the United States, was the stuff of nightmares. It sent a plume of radioactive ...

Hawking radiation may have influenced the shape and distribution of galaxies as the universe expanded, new research hints. (Image credit: NASA Goddard) Investigating primordial black holes' impact ...

AN ENORMOUS fire has engulfed a retail park sending plumes of smoke into the sky, sparking a huge emergency response. Onlookers have spotted grey smoke rolling out over stores near Altrincham ...

Since then, about 50 people have died from radiation sickness. That includes 28 workers and firefighters who were killed at the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in what is now Ukraine.