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Published online 5 January 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010104-8
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Meteors come in with a bang
Exploding meteors could be mistaken for clandestine nuclear tests.
Exploding meteors bombarding the Earth from space could be mistaken for nuclear bomb tests, say seismologists of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. This could present problems for monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which aims to halt the testing of all nuclear weapons.
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