The day the US exploded a nuclear bomb in space and created an artificial radiation belt

On 9 July 1962, during one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War, the United States carried out one of the most ...

80 years ago, the military tested nukes on a fleet

Operation Crossroads saw the first postwar nuclear detonations, as the Army and Navy tried to see what atomic weapons could ...
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World's first nuclear explosion forged an 'impossible' crystal that's like nothing else on Earth

At 5:29am on July 16, 1945, humanity entered a dangerous new era as the world's very first nuclear explosion blossomed over New Mexico. As the blast, known as the Trinity nuclear test, vaporised the ...
Phys.org

80 years after the Trinity nuclear test, scientists identify new molecule-trapping crystal formed in the blast

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 ...
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Explosion reported in Bushehr, Iran’s nuclear plant city

An explosion has reportedly occurred in Bushehr city, southern Iran, as reported by Iran’s Mehr News Agency. The city is home ...
The Hill

Is America ready for a nuclear explosion in space?

Gen. Stephen Whiting, the commander of U.S. Space Command, recently made waves when he publicly discussed a major threat that America’s newest military branch recently war-gamed — that of an adversary ...