asteroid deflection

Star Wars, Actually! NASA to launch Earth’s first defense test mission against asteroids on November 23; Details

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Star Wars, Actually! NASA to launch Earth’s first defense test mission against asteroids on November 23; Details

DART has been built over the last one and a half years, the agency said. (Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman) Hazardous Asteroids: US space agency NASA is all set to launch its planetary defense test mission – the first one to be carried out yet. The mission is called Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART … Read more

Nuclear bombing to protect Earth from asteroids? Why not, say scientists

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Nuclear bombing to protect Earth from asteroids? Why not, say scientists

However, this is not as easy as it seems. (Representational image) Asteroid disruption: Asteroids have been a worrisome aspect for scientists for a long time, who worry about what would happen if another asteroid collision were to take place. The worries are not unfounded, since it was after all an asteroid attack that wiped dinosaurs … Read more