Why Didn't the Allies Bomb Auschwitz? By Mindy Weisberger A new PBS documentary probes the deliberation behind the historic decision.
Identity of Fourth Soviet Spy Who Stole US Atomic Bomb Secrets Finally Revealed By Mindy Weisberger Historians recently uncovered the name of a fourth spy who delivered U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets in the 1940s.
Rock Star's Company Seeks UFOs, Finds Military Contract By Mindy Weisberger A private company that researches UFOs has a new contract with the U.S. government.
This 'Doomsday' Plane Was Designed to Survive a Nuclear Attack. A Bird Just Took It Down. By Jeanna Bryner This Navy craft is meant to communicate with nuclear forces in the event of a nuclear war. And a bird strike just grounded it.
Why You Shouldn't Worry About China’s New 'Hypersonic' Nuclear Death Machine By Rafi Letzter China already had the power to kill you with nukes. This doesn't change anything, but it could fan the flames of an arms race.
X-37B Military Space Plane Breaks Record on Latest Mystery Mission By Mike Wall The robotic X-37B has been circling Earth for nearly 719 days on its latest mystery mission, which is known as Orbital Test Vehicle 5 (OTV-5).
New US Space Command Will Launch Next Week, VP Pence Says By Hanneke Weitering The United States Space Command will officially be up and running by the end of the month, Vice President Mike Pence said today (Aug. 20) at a meeting of the National Space Council.
Skywatcher Captures Rare Image of Mysterious X-37B Military Space Plane By Leonard David We still don't know what the X-37B is doing up there, however.
The Government Is Serious About Creating Mind-Controlled Weapons By Edd Gent DARPA hopes to invent ways to instantly read soldiers' minds using tools like genetic engineering of the human brain, nanotechnology and infrared beams.
Startup Hermeus Wants to Build a Hypersonic Jet That Flies at 5 Times the Speed of Sound By Doris Elin Salazar At Mach 5, flight times from New York to London would be reduced from 7 hours to 90 minutes.
Drones Find Unexpected Radiation 'Hotspots' in Forest Near Chernobyl By Mindy Weisberger This is the first time that fixed-wing drones were used for radiation mapping.
X-37B Military Space Plane's Latest Mystery Mission Passes 600 Days By Mike Wall Exactly what it's doing up there is unclear.
Trump Signs Directive to Create a Military Space Force By Mike Wall The Space Force just took a big step from sci-fi-sounding dream toward reality.
Massive Solar Storm Detonated Hidden American Bombs During the Vietnam War, Navy Records Show By Rafi Letzter Researchers digging through naval records uncovered a strange and alarming consequence of a massive 1972 solar storm.
Remains of Nazi 'Flying Bombs' Uncovered in British Woods By Tom Metcalfe Archaeologists have excavated the exploded remains of a German V1 "flying bomb" that crashed in a forest near London in 1944.
Photos: The Flying Bombs of Nazi Germany By Tom Metcalfe Near the end of World War II, Germany launched thousands of what it called "retaliation weapons" or flying bombs at London. Here's a look at the buzz bombs and the destruction they wrought.
The US Shot Down a Fake Nuclear Missile in Space with Another Missile (Video) By Rafi Letzter It was the second-ever success for the joint missile defense program, and a stunning technological accomplishment.
When a Drone Crashes into an Airplane, Everyone Has a Bad Time By Brandon Specktor A drone crashed into an airplane. The results were seriously scary.
Pseudo-Satellite Drone Flies for 25 Days Straight, Sets Endurance Record By Tom Metcalfe The Zephyr drone could be used for military reconnaissance and wildfire monitoring, among other activities.
Here's What We Know About Russia's Hypersonic Waverider Weapon By Edd Gent Warnings of a Russian hypersonic weapon that the U.S. can't defend against may have had you running for the bomb shelter last week. But what, exactly, is this weapon, and how does it work?
