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'Extreme' crystal that formed in 1945 nuclear bomb test is unlike anything scientists have seen

Samples of "trinitite" created during the world’s first nuclear bomb test in 1945 contain unique crystals never seen before.
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The world's first nuclear explosion forged an 'impossible' crystal

The only well-exposed color image of the Trinity test. (Jack W. Aeby/Manhattan Project/Public Domain) We don't always get to ...
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Striking new views of the first atomic bomb test

Forgotten photos of the Trinity detonation show the immensity of the project ...

Scientists Found a New Type of Crystal Formed by the World’s First Nuclear Explosion

The 1945 Trinity nuclear test fused desert sand and bomb-tower materials into trinitite—a glassy substance unlike anything ...

‘Impossible’ crystal created during world’s first nuclear blast is discovered – and it wouldn’t normally exist on Earth

A CRYSTAL which was created during the world’s first nuclear blast has been discovered – and experts claim it shouldn’t even ...

World's first atomic bomb explosion created unusual crystal

Atomic bomb explosions create extreme conditions. Italian researchers have discovered an unusual material created by them.
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Atomic anniversary brings US nuclear official to New Mexico

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80 years after the Trinity nuclear test, scientists identify new molecule-trapping crystal formed in the blast

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when ...