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What happens when you set off a nuclear bomb in space? Turns out we have a pretty good idea, and it’s not pretty. Learn about the science behind high-energy explosions in space.
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Sources:
http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Magnetosphere/radiation_belts_discovery.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2010/07/01/128170775/a-very-scary-light-show-exploding-h-bombs-in-space
http://nerdist.com/heres-what-a-nuclear-bomb-detonating-in-space-looks-like/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/09/the-50th-anniversary-of-starfish-prime-the-nuke-that-shook-the-world/#.VnI9-Xu0xBU
http://www.space.com/20004-earth-radiation-belt-discovery.html
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/military-jan-june05-bombs_05-02/
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/hane.html
http://www.jstor.org.weblib.lib.umt.edu:8080/stable/1685472?sid=primo&seq=4#page_scan_tab_contents
http://www.wsj.com/articles/james-woolsey-and-peter-vincent-pry-the-growing-threat-from-an-emp-attack-1407885281
Media Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Explorer1.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_van_Allen.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aurora_borealis_above_Lyngenfjorden,_2012_March.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rendering_of_Van_Allen_radiation_belts_of_Earth_2_GIMP.xcf
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Allen_Belts.ogv
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_Atoll
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Starfish_Prime#/media/File:Starfish_Prime_Phenomena.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_Dominic_Starfish-Prime_nuclear_test_from_pane.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Starfish_Prime#/media/File:Starfish_Prime_aurora_from_Honolulu_1.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fishbowlrockets.jpg
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Wait, so if our van Allen belt dies, then we just need to nuke the sky
During the course of you reading this sentience I have moved my hands at least fifty times so that you'll better under stand what it is i'm saying to you. Like two loose gerbils set free and wild over a field of plaid. One can only wonder as to their thoughts and how they dance the way they dance. I don't know if Jack London would have shed a tear or two over their wild prancing majesty. But it seems as long as their is a noise, they have spirit. And what a Spirit! Go you majestic prancing Gerbils!! Be FREE!
I like how we just ignore the moratorium on nuclear bombs in space…and its not a big deal.
she is so annoying, please can you get someone else to present this?
Thank god North Korea bans YouTube with their missile orbiting earth
…oh wait the government can still watch them
That EMP nonsense has been proven false
Now consider this: Pakistan has nukes and North Korea has rockets capable of space flight. Both have been known to collaborate with each other.
looks like a nuke blew up on this girls head
So I wonder why cancer is such a problem in the world today.
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Piano!
(crash)
Who's idea was this?!?
We could, for a few billion dollars shield the entire electrical grid from that sort of attack. The technology and knowledge to do it has been around for decades, but has never been implemented.
pregnant?
She's awesome. Raise your daughters to like science guys.
All government and financial institutions are hardened against EMP, in fact most consumer electronics are reasonably able to fend off EMP to some degree, particularly if they are earthed and have surge protection. Fridges, ovens, earthed PC's in metal cases, will survive EMP. After all, your microwave oven uses Powerful Electro Magnetism to cook food and that doesn't destroy all the other electric appliances around it! 90% mortality? The Electric Grid would be back up in most urban areas in a few days at most. There would be no disruption to major government services, a few people with pacemakers may die, some cheaply made Electronic goods and cars may stop working, but that's it. 20 – 30 years ago EMP would have been lethal, but not any more.
also, #Godzilla
the electromagnetic field is what holds this bands in place, although the source of sustenance of the electromagnetic field is missing
90% of the populations within a year.
ALRIGHT, almost always I would look it up online when I see something that doesn't sound right.
But I don't even need to. This video didn't explain why it would kill that much that fast, nor is that even close to a reasonable number.
I swear to god the people in charge are really…. really stupid…..
this girl is so annoying….
Now I understand that mw2 mission
what happens if you dont detonate in in a megnetic feild but in some random isolated place
esta fue
science is rad
So how exactly we went to the moon if the Van Allen belts radiation is so severe?
Tokyo in terror uses this concept.
as if some people havnt seen goldeneye
Nuclear boob triggered EMPs are not really in space… A nuclear explosions in space are useless since they can not transfer their energy to their surroundings in any way they don't even create EMP. To create EMP you have to be inside the planets atmosphere so you are in the planet. The info in this video is not correct.
WHY IPAD STOP WORKING, I THINK I DIE!!