Would a nuclear bomb work in space?

If a nuclear weapon is exploded in a vacuum-i. e., in space-the complexion of weapon effects changes drastically: First, in the absence of an atmosphere, blast disappears completely. There is no longer any air for the blast wave to heat and much higher frequency radiation is emitted from the weapon itself.

What would happen if you launched a nuke into the sun?

Absolutely nothing. Or more properly, if we could turn the entire earth into a nuke and manage to launch it to the sun, the blast would be so negligible that it’ll seem like nothing happened. Nothing. The sun is an enormous nuke.

Is Elon Musk still wants to nuke Mars?

Nuking Mars is still on Elon Musk’s wish list, it would seem. Four years ago, the SpaceX founder and CEO went on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and discussed a strategy for making the Red Planet more livable: detonating nuclear bombs over its poles.

How does Mars protect itself from the Sun?

An artificial magnetosphere of sufficient size generated at L1 – a point where the gravitational pull of Mars and the sun are at a rough equilibrium — allows Mars to be well protected by what is known as the magnetotail. The L1 point for Mars is about 673,920 miles (or 320 Mars radii) away from the planet.

What would happen if we explode Mars?

The explosions would vaporize a fair chunk of Mars’ ice caps, liberating enough water vapor and carbon dioxide — both potent greenhouse gases — to warm up the planet substantially, the idea goes.

Can We give Mars a magnetic field to enrich its atmosphere?

An artist rendering of what Mars might look like over time if efforts were made to give it an artificial magnetic field to then enrich its atmosphere and made it more hospitable to human explorers and scientists. (NASA) Earth is most fortunate to have vast webs of magnetic fields surrounding it.