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How to see Jupiter in Ireland tonight as planet closest to earth in 59 years

With clear skies being predicted by astronomers and weather experts, Irish people who look to the sky this evening may be able to spot the 'gas giant'.

Irish Mirror · Sep 26, 2022

5 Space Stocks Rocketing Humanity Towards The Final Frontier: Rocket Lab, Virgin Galactic, Plus 3 More Stocks

While Elon Musk’s SpaceX is attempting to make humans multi-planetary, a number of publicly traded space stocks are forging ahead with plans to deliver massive payloads to space, provide access to high speed internet across the globe, and even create a space tourism industry.

Benzinga · Sep 26, 2022

World’s newest island appears in Pacific Ocean after eruption of underwater volcano

Nasa says the lifespan of the new island may not be very long

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022

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Tech & Science Daily: Earth’s ‘close encounter’ with Jupiter

Jupiter’s closest encounter with Earth for 70 years happens today.

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2022

Susanna Reid scolds Ed Balls as she's forced to reassure ITV Good Morning Britain viewers over Father Christmas

She was quick to correct her co-host who could have upset many children across the country

Manchester Evening News · Sep 26, 2022

How and when to see Jupiter in opposition as planet is closest and brightest in 59 years

Jupiter will be the closest that its been to Earth in 59 years today and is set to provide a spectacular sight from the night sky this evening — here's how to spot it

Daily Mirror · Sep 26, 2022

NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears planned impact with its target

The mission's finale will test the ability of a spacecraft to alter an asteroid's trajectory with sheer kinetic force

The Hindu · Sep 26, 2022

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NASA's £300m DART experiment could 'save the planet'

DART will hit Dimorphos at four miles per second just 11km above the Indian Ocean

Liverpool Echo · Sep 26, 2022

NASA plans to crash spaceship into asteroid in Armaggedon-style test

The mission is designed to see how easy it would be to stop a sizeable rock from hitting Earth.

Manchester Evening News · Sep 26, 2022

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

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in the world's first test of a planetary defense system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth.

Reuters · Sep 26, 2022

NASA to slam spacecraft into enormous asteroid tonight - when and how to watch

The historic crash will test our abilities to divert dangerous objects from hitting Earth.

Daily Record · Sep 26, 2022

NASA is about to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid

The test is set for Monday evening.

Axios · Sep 26, 2022

Nasa Dart spacecraft to smash into asteroid to ‘prepare’ Earth

The collision will help scientists to prepare for an asteroid that might pose a threat to Earth

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2022

How to see Jupiter tonight, as the planet makes its closest approach to Earth

It will be another 107 years before Jupiter comes this close to Earth

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2022

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ABC News · Sep 26, 2022

Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest this week. Here's how to see it in Australia

Jupiter was already going to appear bigger and brighter thanks to a phenomenon that happens every 13 months, but NASA says the view will be "extraordinary" this time because it coincides with another celestial event.

ABC News · Sep 26, 2022

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.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 26, 2022

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.

Liverpool Echo · Sep 25, 2022

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

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The Conversation · Sep 25, 2022

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.

Glasgow Live · Sep 25, 2022

Paisley's amateur 'rocketeers' who paved the way for Nasa's Apollo programme

In the 1930s, a group of Paisley 'buddies' took one small step for mankind by pioneering a new rocket technology that would one day make Neil Armstrong the first man to step on the lunar surface.

Inverse · Sep 25, 2022

We’ve dumped over 15,000 pounds of trash on Mars

Humans have left garbage on Mars from discarded hardware, along with inactive and crashed spacecraft. It could pose a risk to future missions.

Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022

Police question graduate who travelled with missing Brit professor last seen in desert

Chilean police confirmed this weekend Tom Marsh had not travelled alone to the observatory on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert, where he had been working as a visiting astronomer

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022

Target Venus not Mars for first crewed mission to another planet, experts say

Despite its ‘hellish’ environment, scientists argue there are good reasons to focus on ‘Earth’s sister’

The Hindu · Sep 25, 2022

Tributes mark rocket scientist Satish Dhawan’s 102nd birth anniversary at Sriharikota

SDSC Director A. Rajarajan recall his services as the Chairman of Space Commission

Inverse · Sep 25, 2022

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.

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