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Nuking an asteroid could save Earth from destruction, researchers show in 1st-of-its-kind X-ray experiment
A powerful burst of X-rays from a nuclear explosion could be used to stop Armageddon just in the nick of time, a new experiment suggests.
Nukes (Yes, Nukes) Could Save Earth from an Asteroid
The results show that X-rays could play an even bigger role than the initial shock wave itself, though more data needs to be gathered to form a comprehensive asteroid defense plan. Some 66 million years ago,
Nuking a huge asteroid could save Earth, lab experiment suggests
Humanity could use a nuclear bomb to deflect a massive, life-threatening asteroid hurtling towards Earth in the future, according to scientists who tested the theory in the laboratory by blasting X-rays at a marble-sized "mock asteroid".
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What Is Earth’s New ‘Mini Moon’? Asteroid 2024-PT5 Videos Explained
Earth has got a new mini-moon for the next couple of days and it has fascinated people across social media. Albeit, it might not be visible to the naked eye without a telescope due to its small size.
Earth Will Have a Temporary 'Mini Moon' for Two Months
Earth's moon will soon have some company — a “mini moon.” The mini moon is actually an asteroid about the size of a school bus at 33 feet (10 meters). When it whizzes by Earth on Sunday, it will be temporarily trapped by our planet's gravity and orbit the globe — but only for about two months.
Take a quiz on asteroids as one becomes Earth’s ‘mini-moon’ this fall
Millions of asteroids are floating around in space. Find out what you know about these relics of our solar system with this cosmic quiz.
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We could nuke an incoming asteroid. Scientists just proved it.
But asteroids aren't inherently menacing. They're just ancient objects, formed early in our solar system's history, that ...
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Strange snowman-shaped asteroid spotted zooming past Earth
A series of radar images taken by Nasa has revealed that a large asteroid which zoomed past Earth last week was actually two ...
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Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb
Since the first sighting of the first-discovered and largest asteroid in our solar system was made in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi, astronomers and planetary scientists have pondered the make-up of this ...
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How We Could Successfully Nuke An Asteroid
According to experiments and computer simulations, the radiation of a nuclear blast could be enough to change the trajectory ...
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Radar Catches Oddly Shaped Stadium-Sized Asteroid Zooming Past Earth
The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, captured a series of radar images of the near ...
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The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid: Scientists Now Believe They Know Its Origin Story
And now scientists have figured out where this dinosaur-killing rock likely came from. According to research headed by Mario ...
Live Science on MSN
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NASA reveals images of enormous, snowman-shaped asteroid 2024 ON after its ultra-close approach to Earth
New close-up images reveal the surprising snowman shape of "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2024 ON, which tumbled safely ...
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Could nukes deflect an asteroid? ‘X-ray scissors’ offer scientists clues.
“For a one-nanometer fall, we can ignore Earth’s gravity for 20 millionths of a second as Z produces a burst of X-rays that ...
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NASA Alert: A 38-feet bus-sized asteroid hurtling towards earth at 15,304 miles per hour
A 38-foot asteroid, similar in size to a small plane, is set to make a close flyby of Earth today. While it will pass within ...
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