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,

A nuclear bomb could save Earth from a catastrophic asteroid impact, according to a first-of-its-kind lab study.The new experiment, conducted using the world's most powerful laboratory radiation source,

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".

Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer asteroid.

It’s a bad month for any malicious asteroids out there. On Sept. 4, an observer at the Catalina Sky Survey spotted an asteroid bound for the Philippines eight hours before it disintegrated in the sky.

The groundbreaking study demonstrates for the first time how a nuclear blast could alter the course of a threatening asteroid.

The same doomsday tech designed to inflict massive harm could one day also save us. A new study suggests that nuclear bombs, specifically their powerful x-rays, could be used to deflect asteroids on a collision course with Earth.