Unlike shrapnel, the blast wave is not a solid object. It is a wave of highly compressed air, with a density and pressure much higher than normal. The wave moves at an enormous speed, sometimes ...

A January 2023 study highlights nuclear blast wave speeds and how radiation circulates. After the initial explosion, you have mere seconds to get to a safe place.

Last week propagandist Vladimir Solovyov urged Russia to nuke Britain. The Cypriot team used advanced modeling techniques to study how a nuclear blast wave speeds through a standing structure.

When weapons are fired, an invisible blast wave travels through the brains of anyone nearby. Exposure to lots of these blasts over time — even low level ones — has been shown to cause brain ...