When a nuclear bomb detonates in the air, it produces an enormous amount of heat, which is quickly dissipated. These conditions are suitable for massive volumes of nitric oxide generation. The…
In the Hollywood blockbuster “The Core,” the planet’s core suddenly stops rotating, causing Earth’s magnetic field to collapse. Then bursts of deadly microwaves cook the Colosseum and melt the Golden Gate Bridge.
While “nearly everything …
For five months in mid 2017, Emily Mason did the same thing every day. Arriving to her office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, she sat at her desk, opened up her computer, and stared at images of the Sun — all day, ev…
On March 27, 2019, India launched a missile toward space, struck an Earth-orbiting satellite, and destroyed the sp…