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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

Wales Online

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.

ABC News

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.

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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

The Hindu

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.

Tribune News Service

NASA spacecraft collides with asteroid

The DART satellite successfully crashed. Can we apply its lessons in time to protect Earth from an asteroid impact?

Salon

Nasa successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid in planetary defense test

Bid to change asteroid’s course marks ‘new era of humankind’ as agency seeks to protect Earth from future disaster

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NASA spacecraft rams distant asteroid in test of Earth defense

Tribune News Service

NASA spacecraft rams distant asteroid in test of Earth defense

A NASA spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid approximately 7 million miles from Earth in a test to determine if the impact can nudge the space rock slightly off course.

Tribune News Service

NASA's DART mission successfully smashes spacecraft into asteroid

A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.

France 24

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully crashed itself into an asteroid

This is NASA’s first major step to keeping us safe from killer asteroids.

Inverse

NASA successfully crashes satellite into asteroid in world-first planetary defense test

The technology could one day be used to defend Earth from hazardous asteroid or comets.

Axios

NASA smashes spaceship into asteroid as part of mission to save Earth

A NASA spacecraft has smashed into an asteroid named Dimorphos as part of a mission to protect Earth from flying rocks which could endanger the planet in the future

Daily Mirror

‘Basically a bullseye’: Nasa crashes spacecraft into asteroid to test Earth’s defenses – as it happened

Space agency conducts Dart mission to learn whether asteroid’s trajectory can be diverted away from Earth

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NASA DART mission: Spacecraft crashes into asteroid in world-first trial — as it happened

NASA crashes a spacecraft into an asteroid in a world-first full-scale mission to trial technology for protecting Earth from potential collisions.

Tribune News Service

NASA spacecraft poised to hit asteroid Monday

A NASA spacecraft is set to collide with an asteroid Monday and the space agency is inviting spectators to watch.

Manchester Evening News

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

The Hindu

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

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Liverpool Echo

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

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

Manchester Evening News

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.

Reuters

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.

WEKU

Move over, Bruce Willis: NASA crashed into an asteroid to test planetary defense

NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in a test of planetary defense. Now it will determine whether the mission was able to alter the asteroid's course.

Daily Record

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.

Al Jazeera

New Pacific island rises after underwater volcanic blast

The tiny island came into existence 11 hours after a volcanic eruption and grew to 24,000 square metres in size.

Axios

NASA is about to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid

The test is set for Monday evening.

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