A new thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow raises key questions about presidential authority, global security and nuclear deterrence as we sit on the brink of another world war.

“Within the framework of nuclear strategy” is the caveat—and the underlying topic of this movie. Sitting in his airplane, mulling over the book of laminated pages detailing the various attack options, the president moans to Gen. Brady, “This is insanity.” The general replies, “No, Mr. President, it’s reality.”

A House of Dynamite is far from the first movie to think about the “what if” doomsday scenario. For much of the Cold War, the question wasn’t “what if,” it was “when?” and “how bad?” As WWII came to a close in 1945, American forces dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, swiftly ushering in the Atomic Age.

The idea that nuclear weapons have long attracted extraterrestrials is ingrained in UFO mythology. Now, researchers found a surprising link.

A House of Dynamite’ screenwriter Noah Oppenheim says Pentagon’s objection to film contradicts missile defense experts.

A new study analyzing historical photographs taken by the Palomar Observatory between 1949 and 1957 has detected several mysterious bright spots in the sky. These transient objects, captured on film before the first satellites were ever launched,

In the middle of the Cold War, the film company found a surprising way to harness weapons-grade uranium.