A team of US scientists demonstrated that dangerous asteroids could be diverted with powerful X-rays that vaporize a portion ...

Can nuclear blasts protect Earth from incoming asteroids? Scientists use X-rays in first successful test - Scientists used ...

The concept was tested using Sandia's Z Machine, the most powerful X-ray source on Earth. By generating a burst of X-rays similar to those from a nuclear explosion, researchers were able to simulate ...

To assess whether this technique could actually deflect an asteroid heading toward Earth, the team fed their experimental ...