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The nuclear option: Scientists reveal how atomic blasts could save Earth from asteroids
If an asteroid was ever threatening Earth, the best way to stop it might be with a nuclear explosion, according to a new ...
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This Is How Nuclear Weapon Detection Could Work in Space
NASA visualization showing a cross-section of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific ...
Scientists in China say a nuclear explosion could be the most effective way to stop a large asteroid—and they may have ...
The US carried out the Starfish Prime test by detonating a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb about 400 kilometres above Earth.
Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when conditions return to normal. The Trinity nuclear test in 1945 left behind such ...
Space-based nuclear weapons are a serious matter, and one that deserves the very highest level of national attention.
Imagine a 150-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the city closest to you. Do you know how the city, its surrounding region, and its inhabitants would be affected? If you can't think of much more than "a ...
The Chernobyl disaster began in the early hours of April 26, 1986, when a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded during a safety test. The explosion and subsequent fire sent a plume of ...
China said US claims that it was carrying out nuclear explosive tests were baseless, and it accused Washington of being the main cause of uncertainty over the global nuclear order, according to a ...
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