There's an object so deadly that even standing next to it can kill you within minutes. It's also completely man-made and only exists in a single place on Earth.

Chernobyl's nuclear plant still stands frozen in time 40 years later, preserving the scars of disaster while shaping the future of nuclear safety.

Once classified files from East Germany reveal the extent of Soviet actions to hide the true extent of catastrophe.

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The devastation caused by the 1986 Ukraine Nuclear disaster was wide-ranging and long-lasting. In the aftermath of the incident, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was ...

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster fueled global fears about nuclear power and slowed its development in Europe and elsewhere. Four decades later, however, there’s a revival around the world, a trend that has been given a big boost by war in the Middle East.

The eyewitnesses of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in modern-day Ukraine, also known as the "Chernobyl liquidators", recalled the horrors of the nuclear plant accident on the disaster's 35th anniversary. The accident known as the world's worst nuclear ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A mystery involving dogs with bright blue fur at the Chernobyl disaster site in Ukraine left people wondering if radiation or ...

26 April marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, in the then Soviet-controlled country of Ukraine. In 1986, one of the power plant's reactors suffered an explosion, sending a radioactive plume across Europe. The effects were devastating and ...

Nearly four decades after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine, thousands of dogs still roam the exclusion zone surrounding the abandoned reactor site. Their survival in one of the world's most infamous radioactive environments has sparked growing scientific interest,