The annual prize is given out to research projects that 'first make people laugh, and then make them think.'
The bonkers plan looked at ways to stop the Earth's rotation so that Soviet nuclear missiles would miss their targets.
An unreleased video reportedly exists that shows an unknown object interfering with a nuclear missile.
The authorities were alerted after the owner of the missile attempted to donate it to a military museum.
Scientists have developed a new modeling tool to help simulate the effects of a nuclear device on a large asteroid.
Social media was awash on Friday with reports of strange objects, vapor trails and colored lights over the country.
New details have emerged of a peculiar Cold War-era phenomenon associated with Soviet missile launches.
The new technology makes it possible to create phantom images of aircraft to fool heat-seeking missiles.
A top-secret nuclear powered missile named 'Skyfall' is thought to have caused a recent fatal explosion.
India has blown up one of its own satellites, producing space debris that could end up colliding with the ISS.
The latest Google Earth update has ended up revealing the locations of Taiwan's hidden missile bases.
A weather camera picked up this peculiar anomaly on Sunday night and nobody can agree on what it is.
Hundreds of people took to social media to report a strange white light in the skies over California.
Weather experts have been baffled by a mysterious plume that erupted over a missile testing site.
A Russian scientist has proposed using old Soviet-era weaponry to defend against an asteroid impact.
Hundreds of witnesses reported seeing a large glowing multi-colored contrail across the Southwest.
A military chopper accidentally dropped a training missile near the town of Killeen in central Texas.
The USS Michael Murphy got more than it bargained for in a crate of missile launcher components.
The US military has added a small missile to the smallest ever spy plane, the 17ft wide Arcturus.
A mysterious missile off the coast of California has US military officials scratching their heads.