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Hello and welcome. final preparations are taking place for a space mission to test the technology needed to knock an asteroid off a collision course with earth. the nasa project, scheduled to lift off in about 75 minutes from now, will target an asteroid called diamorphos which is more than eleven million kilometres away and poses no threat. our science correspondent, rebecca morelle has more. until now, it's been the stuff of hollywood blockbusters like armageddon. an asteroid heading for earth and a mission to stop it. but science fiction is becoming science fact. for the first time, nasa is...

The man convicted of the murder of the british student meredith kercher in italy in 2007 has been released from jail early. 34—year old rudy guede, from ivory coast, was jailed in 2007 for sexually assualting and murdering the 21—year—old. he was due to be freed injanuary. meredith kercher�*s american flatmate amanda knox and her italian boyfriend were also initially convicted but were later released. tomorrow nasa is set to launch a mission to deliberately slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to alter its orbit. the idea is to test out technology that may one day be needed to pus...

A mission to deliberately slam a spacecraft into an asteroid to try to alter its orbit. the idea is to test out technology that may one day be needed to push a dangerous asteroid off course if one was ever headed for earth. our science correspondent, rebecca morelle, has more. until now, it's been the stuff of hollywood blockbusters like armageddon. an asteroid heading for earth and a mission to stop it. but science fiction is becoming science fact. for the first time, nasa is sending up a spacecraft to knock an asteroid off course. this one is not a danger to the earth, but the dart mission a...

It's the stuff of hollywood blockbusters — a mission into space, to try to stop an asteroid hitting the earth. but that's what nasa is actually testing this week, with the launch of its dart mission. the agency is firing a spacecraft at a huge lump of rock in space, to see if it can be tipped in another direction. the aim is to develop technology that could stop any dangerous asteroid in the future smashing into earth. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. until now, it's been the stuff of hollywood blockbusters like armageddon. an asteroid heading for earth and a mission to st...

Deplete the climate change. >> governor, what do you say to people who just feel so overwhelmed by all of this, and so helpless? and maybe they can make the changes around the margins and recycle more, but i think that americans feel pretty beaten down by the idea that the climate is changing so fast and that they can't do anything individually or that that's their impression? >> well, i think you've reached -- it's a very important point because this is awe-inspiring to see how the world is changing under our feet because of carbon pollution. and we have to consciously resist this attitude. t...