Deflecting killer asteroids with nuclear weapons has long been the stuff of science fiction. But thanks to an experiment at Sandia National Laboratories, that scenario has taken a step closer to reality. Led by physicist Nathan Moore, researchers at Sandia in Albuquerque, New Mexico, used a powerful X-ray beam to blast tiny chips of quartzContinue reading “Nuclear bombs really could deflect asteroids, lab tests suggest”
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