Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer ...
China to launch near-Earth asteroid sample return mission in 2025 China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a ...
An atomic bomb could be used to deflect space debris that is so large that merely crashing a spaceship into it probably won’t do the trick.
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Radiation from a nuclear explosion can vaporize the surface of an asteroid and change its trajectory, a new study finds.
A laboratory experiment conducted by an international team of researchers has confirmed that the X-rays emitted by a suitably ...
The European Space Agency is about to launch a spacecraft on an important research mission designed to bolster planetary ...
The OSIRIS-REx curation team is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for safeguarding pristine samples of an asteroid ...