fireball
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To investigate these processes, the team used a plasma flow reactor designed to mimic part of the environment inside a nuclear fireball.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Footage from the scene shows a fireball at the refinery, with thick smoke billowing out across the city.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Victor Glover said re-entry was like riding a fireball through the atmosphere.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
"We've still got two more days, and riding a fireball through the atmosphere is profound as well."
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
The program for Redwing included the first airborne drop of a thermonuclear device, which created an enormous fireball four miles in diameter when it detonated fifteen thousand feet over Bikini.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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