Nuclear Fire-Formed Glass Used To Test Moon Formation Theory | Video

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 - 14:31 in Physics & Chemistry

A green-colored glass, called trinitite, was found 30 feet (10m) to 80 feet (250 m) away from ground zero after the first plutonium bomb test in 1945. They were lacking volatile elements similarly to that of lunar rocks.

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