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 ...
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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Nuking an asteroid could save Earth from destruction, researchers show in 1st-of-its-kind X-ray experiment
A nuclear bomb could save Earth from a catastrophic asteroid impact, according to a first-of-its-kind lab study.The new ...
Nukes (Yes, Nukes) Could Save Earth from an Asteroid
Eager to not meet a similar fate, the National Academy of Sciences has called for planetary defense to be a national priority ...
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 ...
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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Radar images capture snowman-shaped object tumbling past Earth
The universe appears to have sent us an early Christmas present: the large asteroid that tumbled safely past Earth last week was, in fact, two asteroids melded into one object that resembles a snowman ...
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NASA Radar Captures Potentially Hazardous Asteroid During Close Encounter With Earth
NASA has captured radar images of a newly discovered, potentially hazardous asteroid as it tumbled towards its closest ...