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Russia released secret footage of history's largest man-made explosion — a nuclear blast thousands of times stronger than Hiroshima
The blast was equivalent to 50 megatons of TNT — nearly 1,500 times more powerful than the Hiroshim…
Aria Bendix
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NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24 nuclear bombs. Thankfully, it's a long way off.
There's a 1/2,700 chance asteroid Bennu could hit the Earth, and scientists think it could happen o…
Marianne Guenot
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What if the most powerful nuclear bomb exploded in space
Now, let's be clear. This will probably never happen. Super-thermonuclear devices like the Tsar Bom…
Gene Kim,Shira Polan
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Putin's nuclear 'doomsday machine' could trigger 300-foot tsunamis - but the worst effects might come from the fallout
He wrote that in part because of speculation that the underwater weapon might be "salted," or surro…
Dave Mosher
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The biggest human-made explosion in history happened 54 years ago this week
The Tzar Bomba's fireball was over 5 miles in width. According to the Nukemap, a project of nuclear…
Armin Rosen
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A physicist says blowing up nuclear weapons in the ocean to trigger tsunamis 'would be completely stupid'
Those stories referenced a commentary piece by Viktor Baranetz, a former spokesman for the Russian …
Dave Mosher
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The Biggest Human-Made Explosion In History Happened 53 Years Ago Today
The Tzar Bomba's fireball was over 5 miles in width. According to the Nukemap, a project of nuclear…
Armin Rosen
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Trump reportedly suggested fighting hurricanes with nukes. Here's what would really happen if we set off a bomb in the eye of a storm.
Hurricanes are vast, low-pressure cyclones with wind speeds over 74 mph that form over warm water i…
Aylin Woodward
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North Korea is nearing its goal: A thermonuclear bomb that can hit the US
"Those possibilities are sufficiently worrisome that I maintain that the crisis is here now, not wh…
Alex Lockie
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The sun could release a 'superflare' 1,000 times more powerful than anything we've ever seen
That sounds bad enough, but a superflare would be 1,000 times more powerful than all previously rec…
Kelly Dickerson
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Here's how many 'super nukes' American scientists thought it would take to destroy the world in 1945
The Los Alamos scientists understood the threat that airborne radiation would pose in the event of …
Business Insider
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This nuclear-explosion simulator shows how well your house might protect you from radioactive fallout
Nukemap's fallout-cloud feature shows that fallout is mostly limited to explosions that happen near…
Dave Mosher
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This nuclear explosion simulator shows where radioactive fallout would go using today's weather
Nukemap 2.5's new features let you see where a cloud of radioactive fallout might drift based on lo…
Dave Mosher
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Here's How Many 'Super Nukes' American Scientists Thought It Would Take To Destroy The World In 1945
The Los Alamos scientists understood the threat that airborne radiation would pose in the event of …
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