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NASA Gears Up to Deflect Asteroid, in Key Test of Planetary Defense

NASA on Monday will attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test of our ability to stop cosmic objects from devastating life on Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spaceship launched from California…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?

A NASA spacecraft is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away

The Hindu

NASA says test good enough to try for Artemis launch next week

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA announced Thursday that the cryogenic fueling test this week at Kennedy Space Center did well enough to keep moving toward a launch attempt as early as Tuesday.

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Look! Astronomers find a hot ball of plasma circling the Milky Way’s massive black hole

This bubble that circles the event horizon of Sgr A* takes just 70 minutes to whip around the black hole. It was observed by the Event Horizon Telescope.

Inverse

Chile police hunt for missing UK university astronomer

Daughter issues desperate plea for information on professor

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia Launches Program to Send Astronauts into Space in 2023

Saudi Arabia said Thursday it will launch a training program with the goal of sending its own astronauts, including a woman, into space next year. "The Saudi Astronaut Program, which is an integral part of the Kingdom's ambitious Vision 2030, will send Saudi astronauts into space to help better serve…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EXPLAINER: Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid

A NASA spacecraft is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away

The Independent UK

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Saudi mission on SpaceX capsule to include first female Arab astronaut

Saudi Arabia's mission to the International Space Station next year aboard a SpaceX capsule will include a woman who would become the world's first female Arab astronaut, according to Axiom Space, the U.S. company arranging the mission for the kingdom.

Reuters

Saudi Arabia plans to send female astronaut to space in 2023

Saudi Arabia plans to launch a training program with the goal of sending its own astronauts, including a woman, into space next year

The Independent UK

Tech & Science Daily: Nasa’s sparkly pearl Neptune images by Webb telescope

Plus Delli: the foodie app from Depop founders

Evening Standard

Astronomers detect hot gas bubble around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole

The finding helps to us to better understand the mysterious environment of the black hole called Sagittarius A*.

The Independent UK

NASA releases clearest view of Neptune's rings in decades

NASA has released its first image of Neptune captured by the James Webb Space Telescope as it shows off its capabilities within our home solar system.

ABC News

NASA releases ‘remarkable’ images of Neptune’s rings seen for first time in infrared

The rings have not been since the Voyager 2 mission flew past the planet

Evening Standard

Nasa spacecraft set to smash into asteroid in 'planetary protection' test mission

Nasa is testing its meteor-destroying capabilities in readiness for any large asteroids discovered on a collision course with Earth

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The Independent UK

Nasa spacecraft set to smash into asteroid in planetary protection test mission

Dart spacecraft will collide with Dimorphos on Tuesday with aim to deflect the asteroid.

Daily Mirror

NASA reveals clearest image of Neptune and its rings in more than 30 years

The James Webb Space Telescope showed off its first ever image of the distant planet in the new batch of images which have not been captured since the NASA's Voyager 2 flyby in 1989

Inverse

NASA's mega Moon rocket passes critical hydrogen fuel test — but there's a catch

Today's cryogenic demonstration test was a success, despite constant wrangling with -- you guessed it -- hydrogen fuel leaks.

Orlando Sentinel

NASA works through new leak for Artemis I tanking test ahead of potential launch next week

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA began its tanking test of the Space Launch System core and upper stage Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center that could pave the way for the Artemis I launch to the moon next week, but a new leak in a fuel line yet again gave NASA headaches.

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Wow! Webb just gave us the best look at Neptune in 33 years

These are the most detailed Neptune images since Voyager 2's 1989 flyby, and they reveal Neptune's rings and clouds in stunning detail.

The Independent UK

Space station gets 3 new residents after Russian launch

The International Space Station is welcoming three new residents following a smooth Russian launch

The Independent UK

Neptune and rings shine in photos from new space telescope

NASA has released new glamour shots of Neptune, and the planet and its rings haven’t looked this good in decades

The Conversation

Can we really deflect an asteroid by crashing into it? Nobody knows, but we are excited to try

Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart) spacecraft is designed to be a one hit wonder. It will end its days by crashing into an asteroid at 24,000 kilometres per hour on September 26. Launched from Earth in November 2021, Dart is about the size of a bus and was created…

Wales Online

Best images of Neptune’s rings in 30 years captured by James Webb telescope

The James Webb telescope has provided some stunning new images of Neptune

The Independent UK

NASA fuels moon rocket in leak test ahead of next launch try

NASA is fueling its moon rocket in a leak test ahead of a launch attempt as early as next week

The Hindu

ISRO tests hybrid propulsion system

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre performs tests at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri.

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