Our next #AskAstrobio guest studies hot springs, one of the most likely places for life on Earth to have originated.
π€ Where do you think life on Earth originated?
Today in the #wildlife habitat! Ursula is an indoor cat and canβt hunt the wild birds due to being lazy. This was her first time in the garden and she loved it! #conservation#california
For the dinosaurs! The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission just smashed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos and planetary defense will never be the same.
Here are the last images that #DARTMission took before impact: https://t.co/YpmHE1tG1L
If you missed the action earlier this evening, here's a sped up replay from NASA's DART spacecraft showing the final 10 minutes of its flight, culminating in a smash into asteroid Dimorphos nearly 7 million miles from Earth. https://t.co/OtCYO9ghol
Tonight, the world's first planetary defense test will take place, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test. At 7:14pm ET, DARTβs impact will slow Dimorphos down, which will make it orbit Didymos faster. This technique could save Earth one day - the only preventable natural disaster.
Faced with threatening weather from Hurricane Ian, NASA has decided to haul the $4.1 billion Artemis 1 rocket off its Florida launch pad and back to the protection of the Vehicle Assembly Building, likely ending any chance of launching before November. https://t.co/UZ3K1W57tk