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Ben Turner

Nuking an asteroid could save Earth from destruction, researchers show in 1st-of-its-kind X-ray experiment

An illustration showing an asteroid hitting the Earth.

A nuclear bomb could save Earth from a catastrophic asteroid impact, according to a first-of-its-kind lab study.

The new experiment, conducted using the world's most powerful laboratory radiation source, demonstrated that detonating a coordinated nuclear strike close to an asteroid would produce enough force to deflect it from a fatal collision with our planet. 

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