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- 1Faster asteroid deflection model reveals bigger doomsday risks●Improved asteroid deflection model runs faster, reveals more doomsday worries “We expected aim to matter ... What surpri
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed an improved asteroid deflection model that runs faster than previous versions and uncovered new concerns about planetary defence. Physicist Nathan Moore said the team expected an asteroid's aim point to matter in deflection scenarios, but were surprised by how much it does. The findings suggest that small errors in nudging a hazardous asteroid off course could carry greater consequences than previously assumed.