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The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.

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Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed ...

That would potentially make the space rock’s width similar to the height of Big Ben in London, which is 96 metres high, and its impact could cause damage similar to a nuclear explosion. Any plan to ...

“The consensus is that the weapons were capable of exploding and delivering a nuclear blast sufficient to level homes in a five-mile radius and cause third-degree burns and set houses afire ...

In the 1960s, Project Plowshare studied the effects of a nuclear explosion on geological materials on the ocean floor. Now, researcher Andy Haverly envisions taking it a step further as he looks ...