‘City-killer’ asteroid is hurtling by Earth — and scientists are warning of its potential impact
An asteroid with the power to unleash an explosion one hundred times greater than the atomic bomb has triggered global space ...
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Inside Project A119, America’s Top-Secret Plot To Detonate A Nuclear Bomb On The Moon During The Cold War
"You know what? The Moon's big enough that we can nuke it and land on it at the same time, so let's give this a shot." In 1958, the U.S. government plotted to show up the Soviets in the Space Race — ...
Researcher reveals plan to save the planet by detonating a nuclear bomb at the bottom of the ocean
Andy Haverly aims to save Earth by using a 1960s project to extract geological materials from the ocean floor.
See rare photos of a secret lab where the US tested atomic bombs
The NNSA has recently given the public a rare glimpse into one of the secret nuclear labs where America used to test its ...
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Nuclear fusion firm eyes simpler, cheaper reactors with ‘electric gun’ tech
The nuclear fusion firm aims to advance its cost-effective tech with a funding deal, as Chinese competition grows in the ...
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Yoshiro Yamawaki recalls the end of the world when atomic bomb was dropped in Nagasaki
Only two atomic bombs have ever been dropped in the history ... Even though Yamawaki survived the heat and blast of the explosion, he could not escape the effects of the radiation.
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The strange geoengineering idea with potential for significant fallout
Feedback is intrigued (and terrified) by a new paper that suggests you could set off a ridiculously gigantic nuclear bomb deep under the seabed to mop up carbon dioxide ...
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At least 19 killed mostly women in a car bomb explosion in northern Syria
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion. It was the seventh car bomb explosion in Manbij in just over a month, said Munir Mustafa, the deputy director of civil defense.