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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 ...
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Why warships use water against nuclear weapons
A nuclear explosion creates dangers that no amount of armor can fully stop. Blast waves, extreme heat, and radioactive ...
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.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Just before dawn on July 16, 1945, an eerie silence fell over the desert at an Air Force base near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Anticipation hung thick in ...
Tyres stick to hot asphalt as I drive the Stuart Highway from Alice Springs northward, leaving the MacDonnell Ranges behind. My destination is the Warramunga facility, about 500 kilometres north – a ...
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