From 'nukes' to an array of mirrors: The wackiest ideas to stop an asteroid hitting Earth

NASA's DART spacecraft struck a 170-metre wide asteroid last night. MailOnline takes a look at some of the wackiest other techniques proposed that could save Earth from collision with a space rock.

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