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NASA's 'Double Asteroid Redirection Test', or DART, has made impact with an asteroid. Here's what you need to know

If an asteroid was hurtling towards Earth, like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, could we stop it? That's what NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (or DART) is trying to work out.

ABC News

How to see Jupiter's closest approach to Earth in 59 years in Scotland

Scottish stargazers are in for a treat as the gas giant makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963.

The National (Scotland)

Why everyone 'needs' to look up after it goes dark on Monday night

A woman has gone viral on TikTok after pleading with everyone to go outside once night falls

Liverpool Echo

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In a world first, NASA's DART mission is about to smash into an asteroid. What will we learn?

On September 26 at 11.15pm UTC, NASA’s DART mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) will be the first to deliberately and measurably change the motion of a significant body in our Solar System. In other words, it will smash into an asteroid.

The Conversation

'Eco-warrior' and Earth First! co-founder Dave Foreman dies

Dave Foreman, a self-proclaimed eco-warrior who was a prominent member of the radical environmentalism movement and a co-founder of Earth First

The Independent UK

Village chippy where 'down to earth' David and Victoria Beckham order from

"They're such lovely."

Nottingham Post

The Earth's Corr: Fracking plans stark raving mad and will do nothing to lower energy bills

Fracking is environmentally destructive, has caused earthquakes, poisoned water sources and led to all sort of serious health concerns in the USA

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Giant solar system trail coming back to Northern Ireland in 2023

It has already been experienced by over 300,000 people in Derry, Belfast and Cambridge to date

Belfast Live

Mars’ ancient lakes could help discover life on the Red Planet

A new study suggests that some ancient lakes on Mars were more suitable to host living organisms, which could inform the search for life on Mars.

Inverse

How birds of prey are exposing a toxic time bomb

Researchers are finding chemicals that have not been fully tested for their environmental impact in eagles, owls and falcons – a sign of widespread, persistent pollution

The Guardian - UK

Jupiter is coming its closest to Earth in decades

Jupiter will be some 367 million miles from Earth on Monday, the closest it's been since 1963. It coincides with Jupiter being on the opposite side of Earth from the sun — when it'll be its brightest.

WEKU

Nasa’s Dart probe to smash into asteroid in first Earth defence test

Aim is to see whether space rocks can be deflected should one threaten humans with same fate as dinosaurs

The Guardian - UK

Super-Earths may be the best places to look for alien life

Recent research has shown that the best chance astronomers have of finding life on another planet is likely to be on a super-Earth similar to the ones found recently.

Inverse

Mars once had glaciers — but low gravity made them weirder than anything we know

The key word here is moves, resulting from meltwater gathering below the ice sheet and lubricating its passage downwards across the landscape.

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NASA set to ram distant asteroid in bid to avoid future catastrophes on Earth

On Monday evening, a robotic NASA spacecraft is programmed to ram itself into a distant asteroid at 14,000 miles per hour in deep space to demonstrate the agency’s future ability to defend Earth from hazardous space rocks.

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Kyle Shanahan: Jimmy Garoppolo is ‘one of the better throwers on this planet’

Kyle Shanahan called Jimmy Garoppolo 'one of the better throwers on this planet.' FIND THE LIE.

Orlando Sentinel

NASA stands down from Tuesday launch for Artemis I, might roll back

ORLANDO, Fla. — With the approaching threat of what is forecast to be Hurricane Ian, NASA finally threw in the towel for a launch attempt Tuesday of its Artemis I mission to the moon from Kennedy Space Center.

Inverse

Is a fact always true? A philosopher explains how to spot the difference

Can we trust the scientific truths of today?

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The Hindu

What clues do the newly formed craters on Mars reveal?

An international team of researchers with NASA’s InSight mission recently located four new craters c

The Hindu

NASA’s spacecraft to test whether an asteroid can be deflected by crashing into it

A tiny deflection could be sufficient to prove that this technique can actually change the path of an asteroid on a collision path with the Earth

Inverse

One NASA asset will be critical to Moon and asteroid missions' success

Different missions are vying for a limited number of antennas. And DART and Artemis are running right up against each other.

Salon

Super-Earths: Larger and more habitable

Astronomers catalogue a new type of planet, the super-Earth, which seem to be bigger and better than Earth itself

The Independent UK

Pope appeals to the young to save the planet, find peace

Pope Francis has traveled to Assisi, the birthplace of his namesake saint to deliver an appeal aimed at young people in hopes they can help save the Earth and make the world's economy more attentive to the poor

The Hindu

The strange effect of the Moon on mangrove forests

The Moon ‘wobble’ is a fluctuation in its gravitational pull that influences tidal activity.

The Independent UK

Why are there so many earthquakes in Mexico?

According to the National Seismological Service, five tectonic plates interact in Mexico: North America, Cocos, Pacific, Rivera and the Plate of the Caribbean

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