sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/11/261106174532.htm A nuclear blast could save Earth from an asteroid, but there's a catch
Led by Nathan Moore, Sandia National Laboratories simulations found that a nuclear X-ray burst's direction can sharply alter an asteroid's deflection, with one modeled asteroid's speed change varying nearly fivefold by aim. Icarus study used a model 1,600 times faster but still unable to predict whole-body breakup.
