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'Incredible': Astronomers hail first images of asteroid impact

The asteroid is flying through space in the grainy black and white video, when suddenly a massive cloud of debris sprays out in front of it, meaning only one thing: impact.

Bangkok Post

What are lunar eclipses and how do they occur?

Lunar eclipses occur when Earth blocks the sun and casts a shadow over the surface of the moon. We explore the different types of lunar eclipses here.

Space

Editorial: Whether it's asteroids, viruses or climate change, science is humanity's hope

NASA this week successfully did what it normally tries to avoid, and destroyed one of its own spacecraft — by ramming it into an asteroid. It was the first step in an experiment that could one day spare humanity from the fate of the dinosaurs by knocking a celestial threat…

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Artemis I: A fire at NASA Kennedy gives the long-delayed Moon mission its latest twist

NASA teams handled a lot this week — but remain ambiguously optimistic about a possible launch next week.

Inverse

Scotland could spot Northern Lights this weekend as solar storm triggers breathtaking spectacle

Scots have an increased chance of seeing aurora borealis in the coming days.

Daily Record

Mary McNamara: I'm glad Courteney Cox is talking about menopause. Now can we do something about it?

Naomi Watts says it will empower you; Courtney Cox warns that it will consume you; one recent study argues it may be a reason women are leaving the workplace; and a British company is using NASA technology to help.

Los Angeles Times

Sago worm billed as astronaut food

Thai aerospace engineers have entered the second phase of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) competition by proposing Thai food wisdom -- in the form of the sago worm -- to feed future astronauts during long-duration space voyages, according to the Public Relations Department.

Bangkok Post

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‘This one’s for the dinosaurs’: how the world reacted to Nasa’s asteroid smashing success

Astrophiles and professionals celebrated humanity’s accomplishment at hitting a speeding space rock with a probe the size of a vending machine

The Guardian - AU

NASA moon rocket back in hangar, launch unlikely until Nov.

NASA's moon rocket is safely back inside its hangar as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida, its launch now unlikely before mid-November

The Independent UK

Nasa’s spacecraft collision with asteroid renews calls for space debris crackdown

Earth’s orbit is ‘littered’ with space debris, causing near-collisions, a space lawyer says

Evening Standard

NASA is set to make the nearest flyby Jupiter's most habitable moon in 22 years

NASA's Jupiter orbiter will pass close to the potentially habitable moon on Thursday, paving the way for Europa Clipper in the coming decade.

Inverse

Explained | The NASA spacecraft-asteroid collision

What is the ‘kick’ method which was used to deflect an asteroid headed towards earth? How can the technique be further utilised for space mining technologies?

The Hindu

The asteroid threat gets real

Scientists say it's time to prepare for the possibility that one could be found on a collision course with Earth.

Axios

This is what NASA's spacecraft saw just seconds before slamming into an asteroid

NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday night. These are the final images it captured as it hurtled toward the rocky surface.

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Artemis I leaves launch pad ahead of Hurricane Ian

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA made the call Monday to guard against Hurricane Ian and got the slow gears rolling before midnight to send its Artemis I mission hardware back to the garage at Kennedy Space Center.

The Guardian - US

Seth Meyers on Donald Trump: ‘What is wrong with you?’

Late-night hosts discuss the former president referring to ‘nuclear’ as ‘the N-word’, Putin’s escalation of threats in Ukraine and Nasa’s asteroid defense test

Evening Standard

NASA performs fly-by on icy Jupiter moon to scout for alien life

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will examine whether Europa can sustain life

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily: Hear Nasa smash asteroid with spacecraft

Nasa’s Dart mission successfully smashes spacecraft into an asteroid in the first-ever 'planetary defense test’.

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The Conversation

NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid – photos show the last moments of the successful DART mission

In a world first, NASA has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to push the rocky traveler off its trajectory. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test – or DART – is meant to test one potential approach that could prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth. David Barnhart…

WEKU

Cuba remains in the dark after hurricane knocks out power grid

A million people are without electricity after Hurricane Ian struck western Cuba. It could head for Tampa and St. Petersburg next, the first direct hit on those cities in a century.

The Conversation

Hurricane hunters are flying through Ian's powerful winds to forecast intensity – here's what happens when the plane plunges into the eyewall of a storm

As Hurricane Ian intensifies on its way toward the Florida coast, hurricane hunters are in the sky doing something almost unimaginable: flying through the center of the storm. With each pass, the scientists aboard these planes take measurements that satellites can’t and send them to forecasters at the National Hurricane…

Evening Standard

The Standard View: The real test is to come for Keir Starmer and Labour

The mood at the Labour conference in Liverpool is buoyant. The party is ahead in the polls, its leader, Sir Keir Starmer, faces no credible internal threats and the Government’s mini-budget has been mauled by the markets.

Inverse

China’s Mars rover finds new evidence of an ancient waterway on the Red Planet

Zhurong’s radar observations found two fascinating rock layers under the Martian topsoil.

The New Daily

NASA smashes asteroid threat, and raises hopes on Earth

NASA just successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid – and it bodes well for the future of humanity.

Dublin Live

NASA asteroid mission: Irish professor says DART tech can stop meteor hitting Earth

Ten months after launch, NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world's first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a doomsday collision with Earth

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