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Space.com

NASA’s DART spacecraft didn’t nudge its target asteroid toward Earth, but there might be other space rocks of a similar size on a collision course with our planet — and that’s why DART’s mission is so important. DART smashed into the 525-foot-wide (160 …

Space.com

Participants in today’s briefing include: Janet Petro, center director, Kennedy Space Center; Jim Free, associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters. “NASA used the latest information …

CNN

Oceanographer Grant Deane has been trying to quantify ice melt using acoustic technology, with most of his work focusing on the Hans Glacier (also known as Hansbreen) in Svalbard, Norway (pictured). This glacier retreated around 2.7 kilometers between 1900 …

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN —. A dazzling spiral galaxy located 29 million light-years from Earth appears in “unprecedented detail” …

Phys.Org

In this image made from a NASA livestream, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft crashes into an asteroid on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Credit: ASI/NASA via AP. A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented …

Mashable

While most folks were sitting down for supper, NASA tried to move a space mountain. Beyond sight for backyard stargazers, a spacecraft the size of a vending machine self-destructed by ramming into a harmless asteroid shortly after 7 p.m. ET Monday.

NPR

But planetary defense experts say in reality, if astronomers spotted a dangerous incoming space rock, the safest and best answer might be something more subtle, like simply pushing it off course by ramming it with a small spacecraft.

Florida Today

NASA said on Monday that it is still preparing to support an October 3 launch attempt of its SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station. But the agency continues to closely monitor Hurricane Ian and its impacts on Kennedy Space Center.

EurekAlert

Without altering the genetic code in the DNA, epigenetic modifications can change how genes are expressed, affecting an organism’s health and development. The once radical idea that such changes in gene expression can be inherited now has …

CNET

DART’s mission was simple: crash into a large asteroid so scientists can see whether that impact nudges the space rock ever so slightly. If so, perhaps a future asteroid on a collision course with Earth can be staved off with a similar spacecraft suicide …