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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, but by showering it with X-ray radiation.

Powerful X-Rays Could Save Earth From An Asteroid Collision, A Bizarre New Simulation Suggests

A recent lab experiment suggests we could deflect an incoming asteroid by heating its surface and letting the jets of escaping gas propel it on a new course.

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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 vaporze the side of an approaching asteroid, and change its trajectory.

Asteroid expected to spend 2 months orbiting Earth

Big Rapids Pioneer · 21h

Asteroid 2024 PT5 to become Earth's 'mini-moon' for two months

“Earth can regularly capture asteroids from the Near-Earth object (NEO) population and pull them into orbit, making them mini-moons,” the RNAAS information reads. “Sometimes, these temporary captures do not complete one revolution before dropping out of orbit and returning to their regular heliocentric trajectories.”

Asteroid to enter Earth's orbit temporarily: What to know about 'mini-moon'

Asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini-moon," according to astronomers.

Business Insider on MSN · 20h

Earth is about to get a 2nd moon, for 57 days only. Here's what you need to know.

A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-bus-sized space rock won't return until 2055.

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Gizmodo Science Fair: A Clever Fix Rescued NASA’s Stuck Asteroid Samples

The OSIRIS-REx curation team is a winner of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for safeguarding pristine samples of an asteroid ...

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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.

There are many theories on how to best handle a rare (but possible) cataclysmic asteroid collision with Earth. Effectively ...

Scientists successfully ‘nuke asteroid’ — in a lab mock-up

Experiment shows that, in a worst-case scenario, humanity could use a nuclear explosion to save the planet from a deadly ...

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Watch the Skies: Debris From NASA’s DART Asteroid Collision Could Spark a Meteor Display on Earth

NASA's DART mission in 2022 dramatically altered an asteroid's orbit, potentially sending debris toward Earth and Mars, ...

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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s terrifying prediction on when asteroid may hit Earth is approaching very soon

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson once shared a terrifying prediction about when an asteroid could possibly hit Earth.

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Europe's Hera probe to launch Oct. 7 to inspect asteroid NASA smacked in 2022

Europe's Hera mission to the asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA's DART probe hit in September 2022, has arrived at its launch ...

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NASA Alert! 130-ft Airplane-Sized Asteroid Set To Fly Past Earth Tomorrow: Know Its Impact

An asteroid roughly the size of an airplane, measuring around 130 feet, is set to make its closest approach to Earth today.

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