Nuclear Plan Suggested To Prevent Asteroid Hitting The Moon

A plan by a team of scientists suggests using nuclear explosive devices to prevent an asteroid, 2024 YR4, from striking the moon in 2032.
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An asteroid might be heading for the moon. Should we nuke it?

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth Today

According to NASA, "Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to observe with either space or ground-based telescopes. The space agency expects to make further observations when the asteroid’s orbit ...
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Small Asteroid Captured Hours Prior To Earth Impact

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...
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NASA Rammed A Spaceship Into An Asteroid And Made A Fascinating Discovery

Deflecting asteroids by running spaceships into them may sound like science fiction, but it's quite real. And it's quite a ...