JOURNAL ARTICLE

A NUCLEAR BLAST FROM THE PAST.

  • Published In: Science News, 2025, v. 207, n. 4. P. 31 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Martin, Cassie 3 of 3

Abstract

FeaturesFeaturesTECHNOLOGY● In 1952, during the heyday of U.S. nuclear weapons testing, the government detonated an atomic bomb in Nevada and recorded the explosion. This image of the fireball, taken a millisecond after detonation, revealed strange spikes. Dubbed rope tricks, the spikes resulted from the rapid heating and vaporization of cables tethering the bomb to the ground. The United States stopped such aboveground tests in 1962 and ceased explosive tests altogether in 1992. How nuclear weapons are studied now looks very different (see Page 32).PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE) [Extracted from the article]

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  • Source:Science News. 2025/04, Vol. 207, Issue 4, p31
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Chemistry
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0036-8423
  • Accession Number:183632453
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