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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…

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Cuba remains in the dark after hurricane knocks out power grid

A million people are without electricity after Hurricane Ian struck western Cuba. It could head for Tampa and St. Petersburg next, the first direct hit on those cities in a century.

WEKU

Hurricane hunters are flying through Ian's powerful winds to forecast intensity – here's what happens when the plane plunges into the eyewall of a storm

As Hurricane Ian intensifies on its way toward the Florida coast, hurricane hunters are in the sky doing something almost unimaginable: flying through the center of the storm. With each pass, the scientists aboard these planes take measurements that satellites can’t and send them to forecasters at the National Hurricane…

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The Standard View: The real test is to come for Keir Starmer and Labour

The mood at the Labour conference in Liverpool is buoyant. The party is ahead in the polls, its leader, Sir Keir Starmer, faces no credible internal threats and the Government’s mini-budget has been mauled by the markets.

Evening Standard

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

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.

The New Daily

NASA asteroid mission: Irish professor says DART tech can stop meteor hitting Earth

Ten months after launch, NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world's first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a doomsday collision with Earth

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First Thing: Putin may formally annex Ukrainian territories on Friday

UK Ministry of Defence says Putin may unveil ‘accession of occupied regions’ after referendums. Plus, welcome to pumpkin spice season

The Guardian - UK

Watch: Nasa tests defence technology by crashing spacecraft into asteroid

Nasa has successfully crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission.While this asteroid – named Dimorphos – posed no threat to Earth, the aim of the mission was to demonstrate that dangerous incoming rocks can be deflected by deliberately smashing into them. “IMPACT…

Evening Standard

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

How big was the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs and where did it land?

Nasa confirmed its spacecraft successfully collided with a 170-metre wide asteroid just after midnight today

Evening Standard

Gwyneth Paltrow fabulous at 50 - weirdest health hacks from vaginal steams to bee stings

Gwyneth Paltrow has opened up about turning 50 and how her health secrets have paid off in her ageing gracefully

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.

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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:

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The Loop: Surprise apology from supposed Optus hacker, NASA smashes into an asteroid, and a failed Neighbours heritage listing

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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,…

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Astonishing moment NASA smashes rocket into asteroid in 'giant leap' for Earth's defence

The vending-machine spacecraft is seen dramatically zeroing into Dimorphos, which is the size of a football stadium on Tuesday before the camera cuts to NASA scientists jumping for joy at the success of their mission

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Three scenarios for the British economy after the pound slumps

In today’s newsletter: The Guardian’s special correspondent Heather Stewart talks us through the best, worst and most likely result of another chaotic day in the money markets

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.

WEKU

Google celebrates NASA's DART mission with a new search gimmick

In celebration of NASA's DART mission, searching for information about it will result in an animation and tipped screen.

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.

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