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Sandia researchers speed up asteroid deflection modelling and find shape and orientation matter more

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Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories built a faster computer method for simulating how a nuclear blast's X-rays could push an asteroid off course. Their results show that the asteroid's shape and which side faces the blast can greatly change how far it gets pushed.

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