Dossier
Earth-threatening asteroid
Coverage of Earth-threatening asteroid in the Nexus archive.
- Chinese rocket scientists find ‘most effective’ way to nuke a doomsday asteroid
Chinese researchers propose using a nuclear bomb buried beneath an asteroid's surface to destroy or deflect it. The method involves a metal penetrator creating a hole, followed by a spacecraft dropping the bomb, based on simulations by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology in Beijing.