Can nukes be Earth's savior against asteroids? Buckle up as we dive into the newest research on this explosive topic. The National Academy of Sciences has prioritized planetary defense against ...

"Our power, our planet" is the theme for the celebration of the 55th Earth Day, which is today. The organizers are calling for "renewable energy generation, globally, to be tripled by 2030." ...

Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer asteroid. Reading time 3 minutes Michael Bay is a prophet. Despite being ...

According to experiments and computer simulations, the radiation of a nuclear blast could be enough to change the trajectory of an asteroid threatening Earth—if spotted in time. About 66 million years ...

Earth exists in a cosmic shooting gallery, and it's not a matter of if but rather when a large asteroid hits the bullseye. It's happened plenty of times in the past, but for the first time, humanity ...

An asteroid strike on Earth could exceed the destructive power of an all-out nuclear war, triggering earthquakes, tsunamis and wildfires that crisscross continents. (Illustration by Tobias ...

A blast of X-rays from a nuclear explosion should be enough to save Earth from an incoming asteroid, according to the results of a first-of-its-kind experiment. The findings, published 1 on 23 ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4% chance of colliding with Earth’s moon in 2032 Asteroid 2024 YR4, an asteroid discovered in 2024, has a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032 Should the asteroid collide with ...

Among the most pressing problems in the race to be the first to establish a permanent human settlement off the Earth is the availability of a sustainable source of power in locations where access to ...

A group of scientists recently published a paper that considers options for dealing with the asteroid — one of which includes a nuclear “disruption” An asteroid may hit the moon in 2032 — and some ...