A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...
The weight of the asteroid may vary from 51 million kg to more than 711 million kg, and the energy required to move each of those weights precisely differs greatly.
What’s the fastest way to stop a city-killer asteroid? Some scientists say: detonate it. Asteroid 2024 YR4, which was ...
Would humanity’s initial nuclear mission to distant space be directed not at defending the Earth, but the moon? A ...
In February 2024, it was revealed that Russia is developing a space-based antisatellite capability, suspected of being a space-based nuclear weapon. The weapon, if deployed, would violate the Outer ...
Russia, creator of the world's most powerful nuclear weapon, the Tsar Bomb, is likely set to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft aimed at sabotaging Western satellites across low Earth orbit. (Photo ...
They found that striking a target with multiple nuclear munitions in rapid succession leaves a bigger crater and causes way ...
The Global Burst Detection system, developed by Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories, carries a suite of sensors and ...