Africa: In a World First, Nasa's Dart Mission Is About to Smash Into an Asteroid. What Will We Learn?

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Africa: In a World First, Nasa's Dart Mission Is About to Smash Into an Asteroid. What Will We Learn?

[The Conversation Africa] 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.

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On Oct. 28, 2014, President Sata died while being treated in London for an undisclosed illness. Rumors about him being seriously ill had been going on for weeks, especially after he missed a speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Vice President Guy Scott became acting president until an

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Porter Wesley, Dorothy (1905-1995)

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