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Recently, scientists detonated 16.3 tons of TNT at the Nevada test site, sending out seismic, acoustic and electromagnetic waves from the violent shock waves that were produced. Hundreds of instruments

On an October morning in 2023, a chemical explosion detonated in a tunnel under the Nevada desert was the launch of the next set of experiments by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with the goal to improve detection of low-yield nuclear explosions around the world.

The non-nuclear test was an intentional effort to sharpen the methods for detecting when another country tests a nuclear weapon underground.

The intentional and non-nuclear explosion took place on October 18. Here's why.