Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions.
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Scientists in Albuquerque, New Mexico, say potentially dangerous asteroids could possibly be deflected by exploding a nuclear warhead ... Earth into a shotgun blast of multiple fragments.
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An alternative approach tested in the new study uses X-rays from a nuclear explosion to rapidly heat up the targeted space rock’s surface, causing it to vaporise and change course. In lab ...
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This argon plasma produced the X-ray burst the researchers needed to simulate a similar one from a nuclear explosion. "You have to concentrate a lot of power, about 80 trillion watts, into a very ...
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 ...
Dozens of NATO aircraft have taken to the skies as part of the largest nuclear exercise of the year. More than sixty fighter ...