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What happens if you explode a nuclear bomb in space?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Impact of Nuclear Weapons on Earth

The conditions for natural fission reactions on earth without human intervention are no longer likely to exist. So when you detonate a nuclear weapon, you produce all of this energy in various forms. This like so much more energy released per gram of fuel because it's much more efficient at extracting energy from those bonds. You get different energy carriers flying out and you just get a lot more.

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