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 ...
Radiation should be able to deflect asteroids as large as 4 km across
The old joke about the dinosaurs going extinct because they didn't have a space program may be overselling the need for one.
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Asteroids Could Be Deflected Using X-rays From Nuclear Weapons
We might be able to defend Earth from a future asteroid impact using something straight out of a sci-fi movie: a blast of X-rays. This pulse of X-ray radiation, produced by a nuclear explosion ...
Can X-rays, used for broken bones, be NASA's secret weapon to help save Earth from killer asteroids? Here's what scientists say
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have made significant strides in understanding how nuclear explosions could be ...
Scientists Propose Using Nuclear Bombs To Save Earth From Asteroid Impact
The experiment recorded in nanosecond detail how a very large pulse of radiation from a nuclear blast could essentially ...
X-rays from a nuclear explosion could redirect an asteroid
Scientists have found nuclear weapons could actually help deflect an incoming cosmic impact — not by blowing an asteroid up, ...
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Nuclear Bomb Can Deflect Future Killer Asteroid, Scientists Discover
But for some time, scientists have predicted that only a nuclear blast would be sufficient to deflect a kilometer-sized asteroid. Computer simulations agree that it will work. Figuring out how to ...
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Nukes Could Save Earth From an Asteroid, Just Not the Way You Imagine
A nuclear explosion could be the key to deflecting an Earth-bound killer asteroid. The physics involved, however, are far more complex than the Bayhem depicted on screen. That’s according to a ...