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.
Asteroids Could Be Deflected Using X-rays From Nuclear Weapons
Exploding a nuclear bomb above a huge asteroid could vaporize its surface using X-rays, pushing the space rock away from Earth.
Scientists say X-rays from nuclear explosion may deflect asteroids from Earth
Scientists in New Mexico conducted several experiments and learned that asteroids can be deflected from Earth using explosions of nuclear warheads above the space rock's surface.
X-rays from nuclear blasts could defend Earth from asteroids
The trick is using X-rays to divert the space rock, researchers report September 23 in Nature Physics. In lab experiments, scientists heated the surfaces of free-falling faux asteroids with X-ray radiation,
Can nuclear blasts protect Earth from incoming asteroids? Scientists use X-rays in first successful test
Scientists may have just created the most efficient way to stop asteroids from obliterating the Earth. Researchers in New Mexico used Sandia National Laboratory’s Z machine, the most powerful laboratory source of radiation in the world,
Breakthrough confirms nuclear blast can deflect large asteroids headed towards Earth
Most dangerous asteroids will require vast quantities of energy akin to nuclear explosion to deflect them, scientists say
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Colossal cosmic jets unleash trillion-Sun energy across 140 Milky Ways
Astronomers have spotted an absolutely colossal cosmic chimney that stretches as far as 140 Milky Ways lined up side by side. These jumbo jets are being blasted from a supermassive black hole.
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Celebrating a celestial centennial
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Tiny NASA satellite detects its 1st massive gamma ray burst
A NASA satellite designed to search for the universe's most powerful and violent explosions has successfully scouted its ...
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1st results of XRISM X-ray space telescope reveal black hole and supernova secrets
XRISM allowed astronomers to track plasma as it circled the supermassive black hole at a distance of around 0.1 light-years ...
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Neutrino energy: harnessing the power of cosmic radiation
The International Energy Agency predicts that solar power will outpace all other forms of energy by 2040, but solar energy’s ...
Can the black hole in the center of our galaxy expand to our solar system?
We now know that black holes occur frequently throughout the universe. One Sagittarius A* sits at the center of our galaxy, ...
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NASA researchers find two black holes heading for a merger in our cosmic neighborhood
This is the closest pair detected in the local universe using multiwavelength (visible and X-ray light) observations.
Huge gamma-ray burst collection 'rivals 250-year-old Messier catalog'
Hundreds of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have been recorded as part of an enormous global effort so extensive it 'rivals the catalog of deep-sky objects created by Messier 250 years ago', astronomers say.
6 new comics to read in October, including Batman, Storm, and more
It’s the start of the new Absolute line of reimagined DC heroes. It brings writer Scott Snyder back to the character that ...
1st results of XRISM X-ray space telescope reveals black hole and supernova secrets
The first results from JAXA's XRISM X-ray telescope are out, and they reveal new features of the superheated gas around a ...
Hair-thin wire to help simulate cosmic conditions
Extreme conditions prevail inside stars and planets. The pressure reaches millions of bars, and it can be several million degrees hot. Sophisticated methods make it possible to create such states of ...