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Heading straight for Earth, space rock Dimorphos has been successfully shoved off track by Nasa, saving the planet from total destruction in 150 years' time

Dart spacecraft will collide with Dimorphos on Tuesday with aim to deflect the asteroid.

Large gatherings at religious events. >> that they had security training it was so amazing. >> aall credit it. >> i just thought yesterday, isn't it something in the united states of america, places of worship and schools, we teach people how to kraekt in case of something like this, and it's a shame that we have to, but thank goodness, thank goodness they had that training. >> yes, the places that should be the most safe, targets. >> right, all right, coming up, a tv host details his battle with covid, a battle he says he almost lost. plus, more trouble for boris johnson, his former top aid...

Back in 1994, and the reason we're able to know that it hasn't been this close since 1933 is because of the data that we've been able to pick up on this, on this asteroid. it's well established, this orbit. so we know the exact track it's going to go on, and we know that it won't be this close for another 200 years. look at how big this thing is. 5400 feet, that is nearly four times the size of the empire state building. >> wow. >> tyler, thanks for that. all right. let's bring in keith cowling, editor of space raft.com, nasa space biologist. keith, good morning. >> good morning. >> this is ...

Up. >> i saw that. >> look, nasa is testing a program called dartt, double asteroid dias detroit test. what can you tell us about that? do we have a handle on it, were it to get so close, we're going to do something about it? >> hopefully. it's going to hit an asteroid about the same size. it is a little moon. what they're going to do is hit it really hard and look very carefully at the moon. and if they've changed the course, even a little bit, you'll see the orbit change. if that happens, then you know that you can smack one of these things years before it becomes a problem. otherwise, you'r...