Catastrophic fragmentation is a likely means of producing an atmospheric explosion of a bolide.

They were also equipped with sensors which could detect the electromagnetic pulse from an atmospheric explosion.

Throughout the nineteensixties, America launched a dozen orbital satellites for the detection of atmospheric nuclear explosions.

Large underground tests, even on the scale of today's blast in China, are considerably smaller than the atmospheric explosions of the 1950's and 1960's.

But, we need to be very sure we can distinguish a small colliding comet or asteroid from an atmospheric nuclear explosion.

In his ardent desire to silence the talking satellite he seems to initiate another series of atmospheric explosions merely by willing them to occur.

The new report on the 136 atmospheric explosions is the first overview of this informational treasure trove.

The second type are fragments which were either torn apart during the atmospheric explosions or blasted apart upon impact on the frozen ground.

The term hypocenter also refers to the point on the Earth's surface directly below an atmospheric explosion.

In an atmospheric explosion, the fireball rapidly rises and forms a mushroom-shaped cloud.