NASA gears up to deflect asteroid, in key test of planetary defense
Bet the dinosaurs wish they'd thought of this.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 23, 2022
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News tagged with nuclear bomb
Radar reveals details of mountain collapse after North Korea's most recent nuclear test
As North Korea's president pledges to "denuclearize" the Korean peninsula, an international team of scientists is publishing the most detailed view yet of the site of the country's latest and largest underground nuclear test ...
Earth Sciences
May 10, 2018
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Killer asteroid flattens New York in simulation exercise
After devastating the French Riviera in 2013, destroying Dhaka in 2015 and saving Tokyo in 2017, an international asteroid impact simulation ended Friday with its latest disaster—New York in ruins.
Space Exploration
May 4, 2019
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Astronomers glimpse supernova shockwave
Astronomers have captured the earliest minutes of two exploding stars and for the first time seen a shockwave generated by a star's collapsing core.
Astronomy
Mar 22, 2016
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How to shelter from a nuclear explosion
There is no good place to be when a nuclear bomb goes off. Anything too close is instantly vaporized, and radiation can pose a serious health threat even at a distance. In between, there is another danger: the blast wave ...
General Physics
Jan 17, 2023
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Armageddon looming? Bruce Willis couldn't save us from asteroid doom (Update)
(Phys.org) -- According to the internet hysteria surrounding the ancient Mayan calendar, an asteroid could be on its way to wipe out the world on December 21, 2012.
General Physics
Aug 7, 2012
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Chinese H-bomb physicist gets top award
A Chinese nuclear physicist whose research was key to the country's development of the hydrogen bomb and whose identity was a state secret for decades was awarded its top science prize Friday, state media reported.
General Physics
Jan 9, 2015
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Diamond mining is not forever, SAfrica learns
The glittering diamonds are almost gone and as the lustre fades on South Africa's Diamond Coast, desperate ghost towns are left clinging to the last signs of life.
Other
Aug 23, 2009
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Responding to the radiation threat
Berkeley Lab researchers are developing a promising treatment for safely decontaminating humans exposed to radioactive actinides from a major radiation exposure event, such as a nuclear reactor accident or a "dirty bomb" ...
Materials Science
Mar 6, 2012
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Paintballs may deflect an incoming asteroid (w/ Video)
In the event that a giant asteroid is headed toward Earth, you'd better hope that it's blindingly white. A pale asteroid would reflect sunlight—and over time, this bouncing of photons off its surface could create enough ...
Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2012
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