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Extinction alert: Saving the world from a deadly asteroid impact

Sixty-five million years ago, disaster struck the Earth. Asteroid types Asteroids have several types based on mineral composition, but their internal structure can also potentially take several forms. Inside an asteroid My research involves repurposing geophysical techniques used for more than a century on Earth to determine the strength and structure of asteroids. As well as being useful for testing mining equipment that might be used on asteroids, they can also be used to test geophysical equipment might be able to determine useful properties, such as structure. Loading YouTube content It would also have the potential to move an extinction-class asteroid out of our path given at least a few months notice, or a comet given two years notice.

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