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Chinese Study Models Buried Nuclear Blast To Destroy or Deflect Asteroids

Simulations find a two-step penetrator plus a roughly 3‑megaton buried detonation can greatly increase deflection power, posing major technical, fragmentation and legal challenges.

Blind-Stacking Reveals 25 Previously Uncataloged Fragments Near Geostationary Satellites

Study Confirms DART Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Solar Orbit, a First for Humanity

Scientists Detail Nuclear Backstop for Asteroid That Could Strike the Moon in 2032

Study Finds Rodent Thumbnails Are Widespread and Ancient

LICIACube Images Show 16 Million-Kilogram DART Ejecta That Drove Dimorphos’ Deflection