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NASA will smash a spacecraft into an asteroid Monday — what you need to know

The DART mission doesn't have much aboard — and that's kind of the point.

Inverse · Sep 23, 2022

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 · Sep 23, 2022

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 · Sep 23, 2022

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 · Sep 22, 2022

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 · Sep 22, 2022

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 · Sep 22, 2022

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

Plus Delli: the foodie app from Depop founders

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2022

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 · Sep 22, 2022

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 · Sep 22, 2022

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 · Sep 22, 2022