Week in tech: How a Nasa spacecraft altered an asteroid’s shape
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Week in tech: How a Nasa spacecraft altered an asteroid’s shape

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A recap of what made news in the world of science and technology this week. Google fined $272 million in news copyright issue French regulators said on 20 March that tech giant Google was being fined $272 million for breaching commitments on paying media companies for reproducing their content online and using their material for its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini without informing them. But the agency said on Wednesday that it was imposing a fresh fine on Google for “failing to respect commitments made in 2022” and not negotiating in “good faith” with news publishers, the report said. Nasa spacecraft altered asteroid's shape In 2022, US space agency Nasa launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft to test if it could deflect an asteroid off its path. UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change indicators The World Meteorological Organization, a specialised agency of the United Nations whose mandate covers weather, climate and water resources, revealed in a report on 19 March that climate change indicators reached record levels in 2023.

History of this topic

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission 'completely reshaped' its target Dimorphos, scientists say
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Astronomers observe aftermath of Nasa mission to crash spacecraft into asteroid
1 year, 9 months ago
Asteroid's sudden flyby shows blind spot in planetary threat detection
1 year, 10 months ago
Nasa’s Dart mission changed path of asteroid: ‘A defender of the planet’
2 years, 2 months ago
DART Spacecraft's Impact Altered The Orbit Of Asteroid Dimorphos In Space, NASA Confirms
2 years, 2 months ago
NASA says DART mission succeeded in changing the path of asteroid in space
2 years, 2 months ago
Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge
2 years, 2 months ago
Nasa Dart mission: Spacecraft slams into asteroid in first-ever planetary defence effort
2 years, 2 months ago
NASA DART is first step to avert asteroid strike on Earth: Indian scientists
2 years, 2 months ago
When we may know if Nasa’s Dart mission successfully deflected asteroid
2 years, 2 months ago
NASA DART mission: Spacecraft slams into asteroid 9.6 million km away
2 years, 2 months ago
NASA DART Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid In World First Planetary Defence Test History Is Made
2 years, 2 months ago
NASA's DART Spacecraft To Crash Into Asteroid In A Few Hours From Now. When And How To Watch Online All You Need To Know Explained
2 years, 2 months ago
Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid Monday
2 years, 3 months ago
NASA’s DART asteroid-hunting mission can turn disastrous…: Read here why
2 years, 3 months ago
NASA to crash spacecraft on asteroid to divert its movement: Where to watch
2 years, 4 months ago
Nasa to crash its Dart spacecraft into asteroid on September 26
2 years, 4 months ago
Nasa spacecraft set to hit asteroid opens eyes in space, beams back first images
3 years ago
NASA launches DART spacecraft that will deliberately crash into asteroid. Here's why
3 years, 1 month ago
Nasa's spacecraft to deflect asteroid goes into final checks, launch in late November
3 years, 2 months ago
Nasa will crash a spacecraft into this asteroid to slow it down by 1%
3 years, 3 months ago

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