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‘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

The Guardian - US

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.

ABC News

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.

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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

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

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

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.

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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

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.

WEKU

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

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.

Al Jazeera

NASA is about to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid

The test is set for Monday evening.

Axios

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

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

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The Loop: Government slams Optus over data breach, more resistance to conscription in Russia, and NASA to test asteroid defence tech

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ABC News

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

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)

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.

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The Conversation

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

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

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.

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

Biden declares state of emergency in Florida as Tropical Storm Ian strengthens into hurricane

Tropical Storm Ian is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by the end of Sunday before it reaches Florida mid-week

Inverse

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.

WEKU

Jupiter is coming its closest to Earth in decades

Jupiter will be some 367 million miles from Earth on Monday, the closest it's been since 1963. It coincides with Jupiter being on the opposite side of Earth from the sun — when it'll be its brightest.

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