Noise #135: Hiroshima glass and the birth of the solar system
Scientists find clues within the rubble of nuclear destruction.
Glass spheres, fused during Hiroshima’s WWII nuclear inferno, are giving scientists new insights into the creation of our solar system.
The fireball that killed over 160,000 people in 1945 also caused the concrete and steel of Hiroshima’s buildings to blast apart—and then condense into metal-rich beads of glass as heat and pressure abated. These remnant…
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