Paintballs may deflect an incoming asteroid (w/ Video)
Friday, October 26, 2012 - 13:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In the event that a giant asteroid is headed toward Earth, you'd better hope that it's blindingly white. A pale asteroid would reflect sunlight—and over time, this bouncing of photons off its surface could create enough of a force to push the asteroid off its course.