asteroid deflection
Finally. A Productive Use for Nuclear Weapons: Asteroid Defense
While it has been a favorite disaster movie theme, nuking an incoming asteroid in the real world has been touted…
4 months ago
It’ll be Tough to Stop an Asteroid at the Last Minute, but not Impossible
A team of satellite experts have designed a navigation system that could save Earth from a collision at the last…
1 year ago
We Already Have the Technology to Save Earth From a “Don’t Look Up” Comet or Asteroid
What if a 10 km (6.5 mile)-wide asteroid was on a bee-line towards Earth, with an impending, calamitous impact just…
2 years ago
If you Want to Move an Asteroid, you Need the Right Kind of Nuclear Explosion
A new collaborative study has shown that nuclear explosions could be used to deflect asteroids, protecting Earth from cataclysmic impacts.
3 years ago
European Asteroid Smasher Could Bolster Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense is a concept very few people heard of or took seriously - that is until last week’s humongous…
11 years ago
An Elegant Proposal for Near Earth Asteroid Deflection
Although the chances of an asteroid hitting Earth appear to be small for any given year, the consequences of such…
16 years ago