When a space rock big enough to end civilization shows up on the radar, the margin for philosophical debate shrinks fast. In ...
Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact ...
A new facility will be built on Joint Base Charleston to house a nuclear simulator. Like a cockpit simulator that trains airplane pilots to hands crises and various scenarios, the simulator trains ...
Our descendants will — at some time in the future — almost certainly need to deflect an asteroid. But it's possible that in some scenarios a nuclear blast would be necessary. Especially if we have ...