lam i am outside where the event will be taking place this afternoon but there has been growing opposition from protesters, citing the legitimacy and at the cost. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen in central london. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. within the last hour, scientists at nasa have crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid destroying itself in the process. the mission was designed to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be nudged safely out of the way. i know we bring you a lot of harrowing news so have a listen to this. my my goodness! seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. my cosh! four, three, two, one. my gosh! awaiting four, three, two, one. my gosh! awaiting visual- gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. - gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. we - gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. we got gosh! awaiting visua
whole asteroid with borders on its surface, dust and debris all around, its surface, dust and debris allaround, and its surface, dust and debris all around, and then the feed cut out because dart are slammed into this asteroid obliterating itself and the significance of this, it was a test to try and work out whether we could use this kinetic impact approach, that is what they call it, to try to alter the path of an asteroid ever so slightly so that, if we were at a one day discover an asteroid that was coming towards earth, we could send an impact like this to go and nudge it slightly off course, so that it wouldn t hit us, and they will study this asteroid now over the next weeks and months, to determine whether or not they managed to do that, whether they managed to alter its path ever so slightly, and if they did, then it is a