mixed with the radioactive byproducts of the nuclear explosion, is then sucked up into the air. "These radioactive particles cool and condense before raining back down to Earth. Heavier particles ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Could nuclear explosions help protect Earth from destructive asteroids? That is what physicist Nathan Moore and a team of scientists are researching at the Sandia ...

Narrator: Imagine if we detonated a nuclear bomb in space? Actually ... would fry the circuits of hundreds of instruments in low-earth orbit. Including communication satellites, military spy ...

Needless to say, it can be a pretty scary thing to simulate a nuclear bomb dropping on your hometown, but that’s kind of the idea here. The group wants to bring the conversation regarding ...

Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has shown off the United States' latest nuclear weapon as full production begins seven months ahead of schedule. The B61-13 variable-yield gravity bomb is part of a ...

Nuclear explosions produce sweltering heat ... That substance would then get pumped through the troposphere (the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere) and into the stratosphere.

However, the Soviet Union did in fact manage to put nuclear explosions to good use for civilian ends. One of the first examples was using a nuke to plug an out-of-control gas well in the mid 1960s.

Russia is still escalating its nuclear threats as the war in Ukraine goes on. If a nuclear bomb were headed toward the US, residents would have fewer than 30 minutes to prepare. Actions ...

Nuclear bomb use for solar system propulsion would not be more dangerous ... There is uranium throughout the Earth’s crust and the solar system formed from the same material. Missions to the moon and ...

Water in the chamber slows the reaction, preventing bomb-like efficiency (yield ~1-20 kt vs. NSWR’s distributed energy). Project Orion Similarity Orion Concept: Project Orion used nuclear bombs ...