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NASA strike test successfully altered asteroid's trajectory

A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test.

France 24

‘Watershed moment for humanity’: Nasa hails success of asteroid mission that was test to save planet

Nasa says its spacecraft managed to nudge the asteroid out of its natural orbit

Evening Standard

The boab trees of the remote Tanami desert are carved with centuries of Indigenous history – and they’re under threat

Australia’s Tanami desert is one of the most isolated and arid places on Earth. It’s a hard place to access and an even harder place to survive.

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Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

NASA says a spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away last month succeeded in shifting its orbit

The Independent UK

Whoosh! An airplane-sized asteroid will swoop near Earth this week

Object 2020 TO2 will come within 400,000 miles of Earth at blazing-fast speeds, but worry not.

Inverse

'My Trip To Space Was Supposed To Be A Celebration, Instead, It Felt Like A Funeral': William Shatner Shares Experience In Book

In October 2021, actor William Shatner became the oldest astronaut to go to space. In a new book, the "Star Trek" celebrity shares what he really thought about his time in space.

Benzinga

Jean Guerrero: I once fell for the fantasy of uploading ourselves. It's a dangerous myth

The fantasy began to consume me at the turn of the millennium.

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‘It felt like a funeral’: William Shatner reflects on voyage to space

Recalling the experience almost one year later, the actor admits ‘everything I had expected to see was wrong’

The Guardian - AU

Putin, William Shatner and my mum got me thinking about the end of humanity, and it turns out I’m fine with that

My mother epitomises cancer ward optimism – and it shines amid all the world’s ills

The Guardian - AU

Underground microbes may have swarmed ancient Mars

Ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of harboring an underground world teeming with microscopic organisms

The Independent UK

New study suggests Mars once hosted life — but the results reveal a worrying fate

A new model published in 'Nature Astronomy' suggests that if methanogenic microbes evolved on Mars, they would have caused out-of-control cooling and an Ice Age.

Inverse

The Webb Telescope can verify a huge exoplanet theory — and make a historic discovery

Until now, models of planetary formation pointed to most planets forming with either too much or too little water. This was especially prominent around the most common type of stars in the galaxy – red dwarves.

Inverse

Meteor showers 2025: When, where and how to see the best 'shooting stars' of the year

Our meteor showers 2025 calendar tells you everything you need to know about upcoming meteor showers, including where and when to see them.

Space

When is the shortest day of the year — date of winter solstice and what it means

The winter solstice brings with it the shortest day of the year — but what is it winter solstice and when does it occur in 2022? Here’s everything you need to know about how and why it takes place

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Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years

Looking up at the moon in the night sky, you would never imagine that it is slowly moving away from Earth. But we know otherwise. In 1969, NASA’s Apollo missions installed reflective panels on the moon. These have shown that the moon is currently moving 3.8 cm away from the…

Evening Standard

Putin is trying to wipe Ukraine off face of earth, says Zelensky after strikes

Mr Zelensky urged his people to remain unbowed as he denounced the Russian aggression

The Guardian - UK

Bruno Latour obituary

French philosopher whose work spanned many disciplines and who believed we must take greater care of the Earth’s resources

Irish Mirror

Irish stargazers can catch one last glimpse of rare Hunter's Moon

October's first full moon, the Hunter's Moon, was visible first on Sunday, October 9

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Zelensky says Russia ‘trying to wipe us off face of the earth’ after air strikes on multiple cities

A Ukrainian ministry adviser has said at least eight people have been killed and 24 injured in Kyiv following strikes

Evening Standard

Watch: Ukrainian capital Kyiv rocked by multiple explosions

Kyiv was rocked by large explosions on Monday morning after missiles hit the Ukrainian capital for the first time in months.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there were dead and wounded in blasts that rocked cities across Ukraine on Monday and accused Russia of trying to wipe his country "off the…

The Independent UK

Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact triggered mega earthquakes that shook Earth for ‘weeks to months’

Asteroid impact triggered the biggest earthquakes experienced by our planet during this era

Reuters

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Russia trying to "wipe us off the face of the earth"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said there were dead and wounded in blasts that rocked cities across Ukraine on Monday and accused Russia of trying to wipe his country "off the face of the earth."

The Guardian - UK

Glacier grief: how funerals and rituals can help us mourn the loss of nature

From mountain top ceremonies to immersive art, people are finding new ways to express feelings of grief – and guilt

Salon

A physicist debunks the Ukraine UFOs

Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAPs, appeared in Ukraine's skies recently. Loeb weighs in on the data

Belfast Live

The Earth's Corr: Conservatives trussing us up in dark fossil fuel web despite the cost to life and the planet

New gas and oil exploration will not be good for the environment despite the spin

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