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Scientists come up with a way to save Earth from a catastrophic asteroid strike -by NUKING it
3 months ago

Scientists come up with a way to save Earth from a catastrophic asteroid strike -by NUKING it

Daily Mail  

They're already used to help diagnose a whole range of medical issues. Experts say this technology could potentially be used for future planetary defense missions, to deflect comets and asteroids whose projected path brings them a little too close for comfort. Scientists have discovered a new way to save Earth from a catastrophic asteroid strike: using x-ray pulses to vaporize …

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This fall NASA is all about asteroids. What we could learn from these three missions
1 year, 2 months ago

This fall NASA is all about asteroids. What we could learn from these three missions

LA Times  

An illustration of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft near the surface of a metal-rich asteroid that scientists say is similar to the building blocks of rocky planets such as Earth. The completion of the sample’s 1.2-billion-mile trip to Earth is part of a trio of missions in a season that Lori Glaze, NASA’s chief of planetary science, has called “asteroid autumn.” Long …

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Explained | The NASA spacecraft-asteroid collision
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | The NASA spacecraft-asteroid collision

The Hindu  

The story so far: On September 27, at 4:44 am IST, the DART spacecraft collided with the space rock Dimorphos. NASA has confirmed that the collision of the auto-rickshaw sized 600 kilogram weighing DART, on the football stadium-sized Dimorphos, about five billion kilogram in mass, has deflected the trajectory of the pair of space rocks. If one can tug a …

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How Nasa’s Dart mission could save Earth from rogue asteroids
2 years, 2 months ago

How Nasa’s Dart mission could save Earth from rogue asteroids

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Dart is demonstrating what we call the kinetic impact technique for changing the speed of the asteroid …

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Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test
2 years, 2 months ago

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test

Deccan Chronicle  

CAPE CANAVERAL: A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 9.6 million kilometers away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the small space rock at 22,500 kph. Launched last November, the vending machine-size Dart —short …

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Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in historic defense test | WATCH
2 years, 2 months ago

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in historic defense test | WATCH

India TV News  

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. Launched last November, the vending machine-size Dart — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — navigated to its target using new technology developed by Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, the spacecraft builder and mission manager. Johns …

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University of California Scientists Believe Nuclear Missiles Can Save World. Here's How
2 years, 10 months ago

University of California Scientists Believe Nuclear Missiles Can Save World. Here's How

News 18  

The major powers of the world are engaged in a nuclear race, but not many are aware that nuclear missiles can be used to save the earth as well. Scientists at the University of California recently said that one should collect as many nuclear missiles as possible if one wants to save the earth. This means that if a large …

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Can We Divert Asteroids and Save Earth from a Fatal Collision? This Lab Thinks So
4 years ago

Can We Divert Asteroids and Save Earth from a Fatal Collision? This Lab Thinks So

News 18  

The threat of a massive asteroid crashing into Earth some time in future and wiping out civilisation as we know it may sound like a premonition of impending doom suited only for a Will Smith apocalypse movie, but the potential of such an incident in the distant future is very much a reality. While space agencies including NASA have been …

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