But it still pales in comparison to the largest man-made explosion ever on Earth - the Soviet Union's Tsar Bomba - King of Bombs - detonated in 1961 in the height of the nuclear arms race.

The Tsar Bomba’s test was conducted over Severny Island in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. Once detonated, the resulting explosion was truly the stuff of nightmares. With its awe-inspiring and ...

And all this came from a 1.4 megaton bomb. Tsar Bomba, which was the largest ... Radiation from the explosion would fry the circuits of hundreds of instruments in low-earth orbit.

The network's data indicated the Tonga volcano blast produced an atmospheric pressure wave comparable with that from the biggest ever nuclear explosion - the Tsar bomb detonated by the Soviets in ...

Russia’s TOS-1A “vacuum bomb” is so deadly that analysts advised Ukraine to destroy the weapons before Russia could use them. WSJ explains how its unique explosion can suck the air out of ...

Photo: Atomic bomb test explosion in Alamagordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945. AP/Wide World Photos In 1932, James Chadwick discovered the neutron, a small atomic particle with mass but no charge.

The Tzar Bomba was a glimpse of just how enormous a human-made nuclear explosion could be ... Video of the Tsar Bomba detonation can be found here, as part of an episode of The History Channel's ...

The head of Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical forces was blown up Tuesday by a bomb-rigged scooter ... also told the Associated Press. The explosion was allegedly triggered remotely ...