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    Improved asteroid deflection model flags new doomsday risks▼asteroidGgoogleIN5002 d ago

    Researchers have unveiled a faster asteroid deflection model that simulates more scenarios and reveals additional ways a dangerous space rock could threaten Earth. The improved tool, reported by The Register, allows scientists to test deflection strategies in greater detail, but its expanded runs have surfaced more worrying outcomes, renewing debate about planetary defence readiness.

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    Faster asteroid deflection model raises new impact concerns▼Improved asteroid deflection model runs faster, reveals more doomsday worries✉newsSciencePhysics2 d ago

    Researchers have unveiled an improved asteroid deflection model that runs significantly faster than previous versions, allowing more scenarios to be tested. The quicker simulations have reportedly surfaced additional worrying cases where deflecting a dangerous asteroid might be harder than assumed, renewing discussion about planetary defence readiness.

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    Faster asteroid deflection model reveals bigger doomsday risks●Improved asteroid deflection model runs faster, reveals more doomsday worries “We expected aim to matter ... What surpriMmastodonTechnology12 d ago

    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.

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    Sandia simulations show nuke aim point affects asteroid deflection fivefold●Does it matter where you aim a nuke at an asteroid? Yes, up to fivefold, Sandia simulations find✉newsSciencePhysics2 d ago

    Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories report that where a nuclear device is detonated on an asteroid's surface can change the deflection effect by up to a factor of five. The simulations suggest aim placement is a critical variable in any future planetary defense mission against a hazardous near-Earth object.