Ania Wilczewska

               NASA does an experiment, crushing spacecraft into asteroid to see if it is an effective way to change asteroid’s course. The US space agency NASA decided to send the spacecraft, named Dart (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), into space and set it to crush with the asteroid Dimorphos at high speed. The collision was set on Monday evening. Experiment’s aim is to determine if crashing spacecraft into asteroid is an effective way to change its course. It is going to take days or even weeks to see if experiment succeeded. It will be big step toward better future, if this test is successful. It can be essential for us, giving us solution in case an asteroid would be heading towards Earth (even if this scenario is highly unlikely to happen). NASA’s experiment could be a turning point for humanity its future. link:  Nasa to crash spacecraft into asteroid in planetary defense test | Nasa | The Guardian

               Over 30 people were injured during the protests in Iran. After the death of Mahsa Amini, 22-year-old women, that was arrested and supposedly beaten by morality police in Teheran, demonstrations occurred in Iran. Amini was picked up by police while visiting Teheran with her brother for supposedly not complying with Iran’s hijab regulations. She died after collapsing in the detention centre. Authorities claimed that she died due to a heart condition, however her family denied, by saying that Amini had never suffered from any heart disease. About one thousand people went to her funeral. People started protesting, outraged by Mahsa Amini’s history. Demonstrations gathered also outside the Saqquz governor’s office, where security forces used pepper spray against people protesting, causing injuries to more than 30 people, to some of them even serious ones.        link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...