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NASA DART craft punches an asteroid in the face
NASA’s DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid in the world’s first test of a planetary defense system to deflect a doomsday meteorite. Read more…
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The James Webb telescope is now deployed – so let’s talk hair and sex
What has the James Webb telescope got to do with haircuts and sex in space, you ask? More than you might think. Read more…
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The Tunguska near miss shows how close we are to complete catastrophe
Tunguska is remote. But on 30 June 1908 it became famous, when something exploded so violently that it flattened 80 million trees. Read more…
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Is ‘Oumuamua an asteroid, a comet or extraterrestrial skipping stone?
Three years after the event, there is still debate and controversy about what the strange shaped object Oumuamua actually is. Read more…
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Can we really defend earth against an asteroid strike?
An asteroid strike of any significant size would almost certainly be the end of our time on earth. Maybe the end of the earth itself. Read more…
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Friday Futures: an asteroid worth $10,000 quadrillion
Friday Futures – this week: on our way to an asteroid worth $10,000 quadrillion; brain meets neurons over the internet; art and technology framing reality. Read more…
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Friday Futures: deflecting asteroids, jet pack flight is real
This week: deflecting asteroids; whipping stuff into space; a cure for all cancers; jet pack flight hits stratosphere; magic with drones and dirt from Mars. Read more…
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Friday Futures: invisible aliens and an asteroid hit
This week: invisible aliens are breeding with us; robots playing Tetris; AI and magnets; laser weapons and asteroids. Read more…
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Friday Futures: Moon water and paper batteries
Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: water on the moon; Chinese head for the dark side; fast, small animals; hallucinations; humongous plane; Read more…
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Friday Futures: asteroid sunscreen, digital puppies and Alan Turing’s carols
Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: an asteroid wearing sunscreen, a hyperloop speed record, digital puppies for senoirs, and Alan Turing’s computerized Read more…