PARIS — Humanity could use a nuclear bomb to deflect a massive, life-threatening asteroid hurtling toward Earth in the future, according to scientists who tested the theory in the laboratory by blasting X-rays at a marble-sized 'mock asteroid.'
PARIS — Humanity could use a nuclear bomb to deflect a massive, life-threatening asteroid hurtling toward Earth in the future, according to scientists who tested the theory in the laboratory by blasting X-rays at a marble-sized 'mock asteroid.
The machine can generate 'the brightest flash of X-rays in the world using 80 trillion watts of electricity,' Sandia's Nathan Moore, the lead study author, told Agence France-Presse .Much of the energy created by a nuclear explosion is in the form of X-rays. Since there is no air in space, there would be no shockwave or fireball.But the X-rays still pack a powerful punch.
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