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X-ray Pulses from Nuclear Explosions Can Deflect Dangerous Asteroids, Researchers Say


Scientists have demonstrated the simulation of asteroid deflection with an X-ray pulse from dense argon plasma generated at the Z machine, a pulsed power device at Sandia National Laboratories.

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