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Could Nuclear Weapons Save Us From a Catastrophic Asteroid? #Paranormal

It’s paradoxical that the deadliest weapons ever created by humanity—nuclear bombs—could potentially save us from a disaster of cosmic proportions. The idea of using nukes to stop a world-ending asteroid might immediately bring to mind scenes from the movie Armageddon, where oil rig workers drill into an asteroid and detonate a nuclear device to avert Earth’s destruction. However, real-world science doesn’t follow the same script. Blowing up an asteroid or even detonating a nuke on its surface would likely cause more harm than good. The resulting debris could still hit Earth, only now in smaller, yet still destructive pieces, potentially…

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