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? Those are the questions explored in a recent paper from more than a dozen researchers, including several NASA scientists. And they’re not purely hypothetical: An asteroid …
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Scientists are considering the possibility of launching a nuclear weapon at an asteroid that could potentially hit the moon in 2032 — but they say more research is needed before taking this forward as an option. The investigation concerns asteroid 2024 YR4, which reached notoriety shortly after its discovery in December 2024 when scientists (working with limited observations) revealed it …
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Netflix has released the trailer for “A House of Dynamite,” a new political thriller from the Oscar-winning director of “The Hurt Locker,” Kathryn Bigelow. The film follows Rebecca Ferguson as Olivia Walker, a Situation Room senior duty officer who must locate the source of a lone nuclear missile heading toward the United States and stop it before it levels Chicago. …
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