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‘Mock asteroids’ deflected by X-rays in study that could help us protect Earth

15 Oct 2024
Z Machine at Sandia
Z Machine Nathan Moore at Sandia National Laboratories with the Z Pulsed Power Facility in the window behind him. (Courtesy: Craig Fritz)
For the first time, physicists in the US have done lab-based experiments that show how an asteroid c

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