{
  "id": 1610390,
  "title": "Our Survival Might One Day Rely on Nuking a 'City Killer' Asteroid. Scientists Just Tested Whether It'll Work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/our-survival-might-one-day-rely-on-nuking-a-city-killer-asteroid",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-18T01:36:46.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/our-survival-might-one-day-rely-on-nuking-a-city-killer-asteroid-scientists-just-tested-whether-itll-work"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Things got weird. Don't miss a story, subscribe here.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}