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A volcano exploded with the force of 100 nuclear bombs and the planet felt it

When Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai erupted, it unleashed the most powerful volcanic blast recorded in the modern era since ...
Veritasium on MSN

Watch the first nuclear explosion unfold - then came the realization

Watch how the first atomic bomb test unfolded, as scientists pushed the limits of physics in a race to end the war. Behind ...

The ship that delivered the atomic bomb was sunk, and nobody came to look for it

On August 6, 1945, the atomic mission against Hiroshima began. The primary strike aircraft was the B-29 Enola Gay, piloted by Tibbets and carrying the Little Boy bomb. Capt. William “Deak” Parsons ...

"Russians will demolish satellites with a nuclear explosion" — a military correspondent about what the United States is preparing for

EADaily, . Military correspondent Alexander Kots commented on the Apollo Insight exercises, during which the American Space ...
Business Insider

This nuclear-explosion simulator shows where radioactive fallout would blow using today's weather

Imagine a 150-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded in the city closest to you. Do you know how the city, its surrounding region, and its inhabitants would be affected? If you can't think of much more than "a ...
Albuquerque Journal

Fascinating and multifaceted: 'Nuclear Family' tells the story of nuclear weapons and Los Alamos as told through one family

Ty Bannerman will read from and sign copies of “Nuclear Family: a memoir of the atomic west” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, as part of the Bad Mouth Reading Series at the q-Staff Theatre, 400 Broadway ...

Cornered and wounded, will Iran now go for a nuclear bomb?

When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions ...
OPB

The U.S. claims China is conducting secret nuclear tests. Here’s what that means

A DF-17 road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile is seen during a military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. China may want to develop new nuclear warheads for its ...