The atomic bombing of Hiroshima would provide keys to deciphering the solar system

The harsh conditions experienced by Hiroshima in World War II appear to be closest to those at the origin of the solar system.

According to a new study published in Earth and planetary sciences letters, Attack on Hiroshima And in World War II it can be salvaged from the past for a scientific purpose: Understand how the solar system originated.

It turns out that the conditions were created immediately after Atomic bombing Like nebula Of which we have sun. In fact, small glass balls created by the fireball that destroyed the Japanese city are said to exist A different appearance than most materials formed on Earth. Hence the interest in the historical moment that was distinguished Japan.

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“We don't necessarily have access to these extreme conditions, and using samples like this is challenging An interesting way to explore the conditions that existed in the early solar system“, said L Eos, Greg Brenicaa cosmochemist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA) who was not involved in the study.

Different, but similar

Yes good Hiroshima means nothing similar To the “seed” of the solar system, both occurred at high temperatures and with some of the same elements. Moreover: the two phenomena Perhaps they have enough similarities to make the same chemical reactions possibleconcludes in EOS, Nathan Asset, cosmochemist and doctoral student at the Institut Physique du Monde (France).

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