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Now Russia wants to nuke threatening asteroids, too It was just days ago that a team of scientists from NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration spoke at length about the potential to use nuclear weapons to divert...
NASA can't save us from future apocalyptic asteroid An enormous space rock could crash into Earth by 2135 because NASA’s spacecraft — designed to protect our planet — will not be able to deflect it, scientists have warned....
NASA designs 'hammer' to prevent an asteroid armageddon Terrified of an asteroid hitting Earth and wiping us all out? Fret not: NASA has a plan. Scientists have drawn up official plans for how to deal with incoming asteroids...
Mining for asteroids will be the next gold rush Forget cryptocurrency — the next big “gold rush” isn’t even on Earth. Physicist Michio Kaku, writing in his new book “The Future of Humanity” (Doubleday), believes a bonanza is coming...
'Space cigar' asteroid is spinning and scientists don't know why Hey, so, remember that really bizarre cigar-shaped asteroid that flew through our Solar System late last year? It whipped around the Sun and back out into space so fast that...
Dinosaur-killing asteroid also sparked underwater volcanoes When the massive space rock that slammed into the Earth some 66 million years ago reached our planet it caused one heck of a scene. The effects of the impact...
Asteroid flying by Earth will be closer than the moon CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Another asteroid is headed our way — the second this week — but there’s no need to worry. The newly discovered space rock will pass within...
These next-generation weapons will blast asteroids out of the sky If an asteroid struck the Earth, there are no fewer than seven distinct ways it could kill you. If you’re lucky enough to dodge the rock itself, other effects of...
Asteroid was only spotted seven hours before flying past Earth Space rocks flying without a real purpose through space could one day wreak havoc on Earth. But that’s hardly something you need to be worried about. Some of these asteroids...