Throwing pebbles to divert asteroid?
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 21:30
in Astronomy & Space
GLASGOW, Scotland, May 7 (UPI) -- A swarm of pebble-sized spacecraft could deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth, if launched early enough, British researchers say.
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