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Why US Once Exploded A Large Nuclear Bomb In Space
The US carried out the Starfish Prime test by detonating a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb about 400 kilometres above Earth.
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From Explosion To Crystal: Humanity's First Nuclear Bomb Changed Earth Forever
A revisit to the historic Trinity nuclear test reveals how the world's first atomic explosion in 1945 created a rare radioactive mineral called trinitite.
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US Researcher Proposes Detonating Massive Nuclear Bomb Under Ocean To Save Earth
Using a nuclear explosion yield of 81 gigatons, scientists can sequester 30 years' worth of carbon dioxide emissions, the study claimed.
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ISRO’s AstroSat Observes First-Ever Nuclear Explosion in Andromeda Galaxy
Using the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) aboard ISRO’s AstroSat, scientists have identified far-ultraviolet emissions from 42 novae in the Andromeda Galaxy. This marks the first detection of such emissions during their outbursts, offering new insights into the processes of stellar explosions. Four of these novae were observed in real-time a...
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Top OTT Releases This Week: Fallout, Amar Singh Chamkila and More
This week, we have two major releases, the first of which is Prime Video’s video game adaptation Fallout, and the second is Netflix’s Amar Singh Chamkila. Fallout is a highly violent series set 200 years after the nuclear apocalypse, where some humans are sheltered in luxury underground vaults, and others are struggling to survive. Imtiaz Ali...
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Fallout Review: Prime Video’s Violent Post-Apocalyptic Video Game Adaptation Is Surprisingly Human
Prime Video’s Fallout is much more than just an R-rated video game adaptation. It’ll make you laugh, gasp, cuss, and roll your eyes, all at once. It is set 219 years after a nuclear explosion, post which a handful of humans are living in safe and luxurious underground vaults, and the rest of the world has turned into an absolute nightmare with ...
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Prince Charles Can Legally Set Off Nuclear Explosions, Reveals Study
A new academic study into the legal rights of Prince Charles has revealed that the heir to the British throne has the authority to set off nuclear explosions without criminal punishment.
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Helicopters drop seawater on stricken reactor in Japan
Military helicopters were on Thursday morning dumping seawater on a stricken nuclear reactor in north-eastern Japan to cool overheated fuel rods inside its core.Japanese news agency NHK broadcast pictures of a helicopter dropping a load of water on Unit 3, one of six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.A defence ministry spokeswo...
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Helicopter mission to cool down reactors aborted
Japan aborted a mission to use a helicopter to cool down reactor number 3 at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. Earlier on Wednesday morning, two air force helicopters had lifted off from an air base near Sendai, carrying large buckets of water. However, the plan was changed as the radiation levels were too high for the pilots to f...
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Spent fuel rods in Japanese nuclear reactors a long-term risk
Even as workers race to prevent the radioactive cores of the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan from melting down, concerns are growing that nearby pools holding spent fuel rods could pose an even greater danger. The pools, which sit on the top level of the reactor buildings and keep spent fuel submerged in water, have lost their cooling systems and...
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Flight ban over Fukushima nuclear plant
Japan has banned flights within a 30-km range of the Fukushima nuclear plant amid radiation fears due to a series of explosions at the facility on Tuesday, Xinhua reported.The ban by the transport ministry excludes aircraft engaged in search and rescue operations. It is not expected to have a major impact on scheduled commercial flights, Xinhua cit...
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Residents evacuated from nuclear risk areas
Radiation continued to leak on Tuesday from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan after a third reactor was rocked by an explosion early on Tuesday and a fourth caught fire in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. Evacuees from areas around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant took refuge in the nearby c...
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'Japan will rise again'
Although the situation in Japan continues to be worrisome in the nuclear aftermath of the earthquake fed tsunami, city-based Japanese nationals hope that the country would soon get back on its feet. For 73 year-old Teruko Matsuoka, a Bangalore-based Japanese homemaker, this is not the first disaster that the country has experienced. During her chil...
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Japan nuclear crisis: Foreign nationals, journalists asked to leave Sendai
All foreign nationals, journalists have been asked by their respective governments to leave Sendai in Japan. The directive comes after a third explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The explosion reportedly damaged the containment valve of the reactor, thereby raising concerns about increased radioactivity in the air.NDTV crew too ...
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Japanese PM asks people to stay indoors
Radiation is spewing from damaged reactors at a crippled nuclear power plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. The Japanese Prime Minister has warned residents to stay inside or risk getting radiation sickness.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Tuesday that a fourth reactor at the ...
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Why US Once Exploded A Large Nuclear Bomb In Space
The US carried out the Starfish Prime test by detonating a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear bomb about 400 kilometres above Earth.
-
From Explosion To Crystal: Humanity's First Nuclear Bomb Changed Earth Forever
A revisit to the historic Trinity nuclear test reveals how the world's first atomic explosion in 1945 created a rare radioactive mineral called trinitite.
-
US Researcher Proposes Detonating Massive Nuclear Bomb Under Ocean To Save Earth
Using a nuclear explosion yield of 81 gigatons, scientists can sequester 30 years' worth of carbon dioxide emissions, the study claimed.
-
ISRO’s AstroSat Observes First-Ever Nuclear Explosion in Andromeda Galaxy
Using the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) aboard ISRO’s AstroSat, scientists have identified far-ultraviolet emissions from 42 novae in the Andromeda Galaxy. This marks the first detection of such emissions during their outbursts, offering new insights into the processes of stellar explosions. Four of these novae were observed in real-time a...
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Top OTT Releases This Week: Fallout, Amar Singh Chamkila and More
This week, we have two major releases, the first of which is Prime Video’s video game adaptation Fallout, and the second is Netflix’s Amar Singh Chamkila. Fallout is a highly violent series set 200 years after the nuclear apocalypse, where some humans are sheltered in luxury underground vaults, and others are struggling to survive. Imtiaz Ali...
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Fallout Review: Prime Video’s Violent Post-Apocalyptic Video Game Adaptation Is Surprisingly Human
Prime Video’s Fallout is much more than just an R-rated video game adaptation. It’ll make you laugh, gasp, cuss, and roll your eyes, all at once. It is set 219 years after a nuclear explosion, post which a handful of humans are living in safe and luxurious underground vaults, and the rest of the world has turned into an absolute nightmare with ...
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Prince Charles Can Legally Set Off Nuclear Explosions, Reveals Study
A new academic study into the legal rights of Prince Charles has revealed that the heir to the British throne has the authority to set off nuclear explosions without criminal punishment.
-
Helicopters drop seawater on stricken reactor in Japan
Military helicopters were on Thursday morning dumping seawater on a stricken nuclear reactor in north-eastern Japan to cool overheated fuel rods inside its core.Japanese news agency NHK broadcast pictures of a helicopter dropping a load of water on Unit 3, one of six reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.A defence ministry spokeswo...
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Helicopter mission to cool down reactors aborted
Japan aborted a mission to use a helicopter to cool down reactor number 3 at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. Earlier on Wednesday morning, two air force helicopters had lifted off from an air base near Sendai, carrying large buckets of water. However, the plan was changed as the radiation levels were too high for the pilots to f...
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Spent fuel rods in Japanese nuclear reactors a long-term risk
Even as workers race to prevent the radioactive cores of the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan from melting down, concerns are growing that nearby pools holding spent fuel rods could pose an even greater danger. The pools, which sit on the top level of the reactor buildings and keep spent fuel submerged in water, have lost their cooling systems and...
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Flight ban over Fukushima nuclear plant
Japan has banned flights within a 30-km range of the Fukushima nuclear plant amid radiation fears due to a series of explosions at the facility on Tuesday, Xinhua reported.The ban by the transport ministry excludes aircraft engaged in search and rescue operations. It is not expected to have a major impact on scheduled commercial flights, Xinhua cit...
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Residents evacuated from nuclear risk areas
Radiation continued to leak on Tuesday from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan after a third reactor was rocked by an explosion early on Tuesday and a fourth caught fire in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. Evacuees from areas around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant took refuge in the nearby c...
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'Japan will rise again'
Although the situation in Japan continues to be worrisome in the nuclear aftermath of the earthquake fed tsunami, city-based Japanese nationals hope that the country would soon get back on its feet. For 73 year-old Teruko Matsuoka, a Bangalore-based Japanese homemaker, this is not the first disaster that the country has experienced. During her chil...
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Japan nuclear crisis: Foreign nationals, journalists asked to leave Sendai
All foreign nationals, journalists have been asked by their respective governments to leave Sendai in Japan. The directive comes after a third explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The explosion reportedly damaged the containment valve of the reactor, thereby raising concerns about increased radioactivity in the air.NDTV crew too ...
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Japanese PM asks people to stay indoors
Radiation is spewing from damaged reactors at a crippled nuclear power plant in tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan in a dramatic escalation of the 4-day-old catastrophe. The Japanese Prime Minister has warned residents to stay inside or risk getting radiation sickness.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Tuesday that a fourth reactor at the ...
