Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a ...
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a ...
Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a ...
The 1998 sci-fi classic Armageddon might not have a reputation as a scientifically accurate film. But scientists now say the Hollywood blockbuster got one thing right – we really could nuke an ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact simulation ...
NASA's 2019 asteroid simulation imagined a fragment hitting New York in 2027 after an attempt to deflect the space rock broke it apart.
NASA presented the world's experts with a terrifying asteroid 1000 times stronger than the nuclear bomb that dropped on Hiroshima, with the scientists failing to save an entire city.