The US carried out the Starfish Prime test by detonating a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb about 400 kilometres above Earth.
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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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Did a nuclear explosion really launch a manhole cover into space?
In 1957, scientists detonated a nuclear bomb under the Nevada desert — and launched a steel manhole cover at unimaginable speed. Some say it reached space, beating Sputnik by months. This video ...
A constellation of cubesats fitted with special detectors could sniff out nuclear weapons hidden on satellites launched by ...
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.
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