Nasa has successfully crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission (Nasa/PA)
(Picture: PA Media)Nasa’s Dart mission successfully smashes spacecraft into an asteroid in the first-ever 'planetary defense test’.
The aim was to see if a large asteroid hurtling towards Earth could be diverted.
They successfully crashed the craft - at a speed of 15,000 mph - into the asteroid Dimorphous, 6.8million miles from our planet.
Apple says it’s now started making its new handset in India in a shift from its China supply chains.
The tech giant makes most of its phones in China but has moved some production elsewhere as tensions rise between the US and Beijing.
Tech & Science Daily has been finding out about the world’s first fully-biodegradable backpack.
Dr Ciara McGrath, the Young Woman Engineer of the Year and a Lecturer in Aerospace Systems at the University of Manchester, explains the innovative technology behind it.
More than half of the world's palm trees are in danger, the discovery of an ultra-rare diamond suggests Earth’s mantle has oceans’ worth of water hidden inside and research finds family ties give animals reasons to help or harm as they age. Plus, drinking two to three cups of coffee a day is linked with longer lifespan and Mars dust watches are now a thing.
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