For now, these are 15 of the biggest manmade explosions in history, along with some disturbing hints of bigger ones to come ...

the USSR detonated the largest nuclear weapon ever tested and created the biggest man-made explosion in history. The blast, 3,000 times stronger than the bomb used on Hiroshima, broke windows 560 ...

To put the size of history's largest nuclear blasts to scale, we have used Alex Wellerstein's Nukemap. In the maps, the first ring of the blast is the fireball, followed by the radiation radius.

The blast that devastated large parts of Beirut in August was one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history, experts say. The Sheffield University, UK, team says a best estimate for the ...

"Whatever the precise charge size, this is unquestionably one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, far bigger than any conventional weapon," said Professor Andy Tyas, an expert on ...

The Halifax explosion on December 6, 1917 wiped out six square kilometres of the city. It was the largest manmade explosion the world had known. (National Archives of Canada) Ships carrying ...

It’s the largest explosion that takes place in space ... off close by might be a critical question in piecing together the history not only for our planet, but also for potentially habitable ...

Isle of Wight County residents worried about the large FBI presence and numerous explosions heard off of Foursquare Road in ...