By: |Nearly 81 years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, scientists have identified a remarkable material that had never been seen before on Earth. Hidden inside tiny fallout particles created during the 1945 explosion, researchers discovered a previously unknown metallic alloy that formed under the extraordinary conditions of the nuclear blast. Researchers found the alloy within microscopic spherical particles collected from Hiroshima Bay. As the superheated cloud cooled rapidly, it condensed into tiny particles containing unusual combinations of elements. An Extraordinary Alloy Born in Extreme ConditionsDetailed analysis showed that the newly discovered alloy contains several metals, including iron, chromium, nickel, manganese, molybdenum, silicon, and aluminum.