For now, these are 15 of the biggest manmade explosions in history, along with some disturbing hints of bigger ones to come with future tech. Estimated yield: 44 tons of TNT (0.044 kt) Location ...

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 ...

The Tzar Bomba was a glimpse of just how enormous a human-made nuclear explosion could be ... stretch from Brooklyn Heights to the Natural History Museum in the upper west side of Manhattan ...

Modeling changes in how Earth wobbles as it spins can give a rough picture of this slowdown over the planet's history ... encompassed the Cambrian explosion, a period when life diversified ...

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 ...