A newly proposed plan by a team of scientists, including NASA researchers, suggests using nuclear explosive devices to prevent an asteroid from striking the moon in 2032. The asteroid, 2024 YR4, once ...
If researchers one day spot an asteroid on a collision course with Earth, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has already demonstrated that we can change its path by smashing a spaceship ...
Scientists are taking precautions against Asteroid 2024 YR4, which might hit the Moon in 2032. Instead of the usual plan to deflect the asteroid, scientists are proposing a bold move: blowing it up.