Nuclear Bombs Save Asteroid

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Nuclear blast could save Earth from large asteroid, scientists say

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Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories recorded in nanosecond detail how an immense pulse of radiation unleashed by a nuclear blast could vaporise the side of a nearby asteroid.

Event is so violent that it heats the surface to tens of thousands of degrees, producing a rapidly expanding ball of gas capable of nudging the asteroid off course.

The strategy should work for asteroids up to 2.5 miles wide, the scientists say.

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