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Improved asteroid deflection model reveals new doomsday insights

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Scientists have developed an improved model for simulating asteroid deflection, which runs significantly faster and provides more detailed insights into potential doomsday scenarios. The enhanced model, building on previous work, offers a deeper understanding of the physics involved in asteroid impact and deflection missions. Researchers noted that while they anticipated the impact's aim to be crucial, the extent of its influence was a surprising finding. AI

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  1. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Brandon Vigliarolo ·

    Improved asteroid deflection model runs faster, reveals more doomsday worries

    “We expected aim to matter ... What surprised us was how much,' says Sandia physicist Nathan Moore

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