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The asteroid threat gets real

Scientists say it's time to prepare for the possibility that one could be found on a collision course with Earth.

Axios

Artemis I leaves launch pad ahead of Hurricane Ian

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA made the call Monday to guard against Hurricane Ian and got the slow gears rolling before midnight to send its Artemis I mission hardware back to the garage at Kennedy Space Center.

Orlando Sentinel

NASA performs fly-by on icy Jupiter moon to scout for alien life

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will examine whether Europa can sustain life

Evening Standard

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Tech & Science Daily: Hear Nasa smash asteroid with spacecraft

Nasa’s Dart mission successfully smashes spacecraft into an asteroid in the first-ever 'planetary defense test’.

Evening Standard

NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid – photos show the last moments of the successful DART mission

In a world first, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to push the rocky traveler off its trajectory. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test – or DART – is meant to test one potential approach that could prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth. David Barnhart…

The Conversation

Baby Neptune-like exoplanet found via a strange new astronomical technique

By looking at dust rings around itts home star, astronomers found LkCa 15b hiding.

Inverse

NASA smashes asteroid threat, and raises hopes on Earth

NASA just successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid – and it bodes well for the future of humanity.

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China’s Mars rover finds new evidence of an ancient waterway on the Red Planet

Zhurong’s radar observations found two fascinating rock layers under the Martian topsoil.

Inverse

Scots capture incredible pictures of Jupiter as planet appears in best view for 59 years

Jupiter made its closest approach to Earth since 1963 on Monday, September 26, according to NASA.

Daily Record

Stargazers share Jupiter photos in planet's closest approach to Earth for generations

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, mad its closes pass to Earth since 1963 last night, with several stargazers heading outside to catch a glimpse of it

Daily Mirror

NASA crashes spaceship into asteroid in first ever test to defend Earth

The Hollywood blockbuster feat was part of a real-life mission that could protect humanity.

Daily Record

How a Canberra space station played an essential role in NASA's DART asteroid mission

As the world watched NASA complete the globe's first full-scale planetary defence test, few knew the crucial role played by a team on the outskirts of Australia's national capital.

ABC News

Science & Technology: NASA's DART Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid

The DART mission aims to shift an asteroid's orbit through kinetic impact, in order to test and validate a method to protect Earth in case of an asteroid impact threat, according to NASA. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Astronaut takes picture of 'angel' created by Russia from the International Space Station

A tech expert for the CNET website compared it to an "angelic figure, wings spread, ascending toward orbit"

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Irish Mirror

Irish space experts confirm exact time International Space Station will be visible tonight

Astronomy Ireland says this beautiful site in the night sky will be the €100 billion International Space Station with 10 astronauts on board whizzing by

The Hindu

Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defence test

Planetary defense experts prefer nudging a threatening asteroid out of the way, rather than blowing it up.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'A New Era': NASA Strikes Asteroid in Key Test of Planetary Defense

A NASA spaceship on Monday struck an asteroid seven million miles away in order to deflect its orbit, succeeding in a historic test of humanity's ability to prevent a celestial object from devastating life on Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor hit its target, the space rock Dimorphos,…

The Hindu

Jupiter makes closest approach to Earth in 59 years

Jupiter is making its closest approach to Earth in 59 years and can be observed with a binoculars.

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Wales Online

Astronaut on space station takes picture of 'angel' created by Russia

Astronaut Cristoforetti will soon take on the role of commander of the International Space Station

Wales Online

Nasa crashes spacecraft into asteroid in successful test of defence technology

The aim of the mission was to demonstrate that dangerous incoming rocks can be deflected by deliberately smashing into them

ABC News

NASA successfully launches DART spacecraft into asteroid to see if it can change its course

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test [DART] is a world-first full-scale mission to trial technology for protecting Earth from potential asteroid collisions.

The Hindu

NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defence test

The mission was devised to determine whether a spacecraft is capable of changing the trajectory of an asteroid through sheer kinetic force

Tribune News Service

NASA spacecraft rams distant asteroid in test of Earth defense

A NASA spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid approximately 6.8 million miles from Earth in a test to determine if the impact can nudge the space rock slightly off course.

The Guardian - US

Nasa successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid in planetary defense test

Bid to change asteroid’s course marks ‘new era of humankind’ as agency seeks to protect Earth from future disaster

Tribune News Service

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