The Chernobyl exclusion zone is the closest we have to a real-life postapocalyptic wasteland. After the infamous 1986 meltdown of a Soviet nuclear reactor, around 1,000 square miles in northern ...

In October 2021, months before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, YouTuber Kyle Hill got a rare glimpse inside the New Safe Confinement (NSC) “sarcophagus” at the Chernobyl nuclear plant. It’s a ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine, it took control of the abandoned Chernobyl power plant, the site of worst nuclear disaster in history. Now, around 200 workers are being held hostage at the site by ...

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone remains one of Earth's most haunting yet paradoxical places, where death and life intertwine in ways no scientist ever predicted. Nearly 39 years after the world's worst ...

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays?

Scientists found Chernobyl fuel grains that still contain radioactive gases and operational secrets from the reactor after 30 years ...

In the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a black fungus resides in a radioactive environment that feeds on radiation. Here's how this ...

It took only hours for the Russian invasion of Ukraine to hang a nuclear threat over Europe. But the defunct Chernobyl power plant may pose less of a hazard than the forest surrounding it, or the 15 ...

Embark on thrilling adventures with us as we explore some of the most mysterious, dangerous, and captivating locations around ...

On this date 35 years ago, the world’s worst nuclear disaster befell Chernobyl and the now-ghost town of Pripyat. Over three decades later, Fox Nation's 'Destination: Chernobyl' revisits the site, ...

RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service correspondent Yevhen Solonyna ventured inside the concrete sarcophagus of Chernobyl's Reactor No. 4 in 2018 for a rare and risky glimpse at the stricken power plant's ...

The nuclear ghost town built just two kilometres from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is marking its 50th anniversary. Founded on the 4th of February 1970, Pripyat was entirely evacuated following ...