Science News Roundup: NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft; Long COVID risk no lower with breakthrough infection; COVID-19 survival improves for European cancer patients

Following is a summary of current science news briefs. NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world's first planetary defense system, designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review.


Reuters | Updated: 26-11-2021 18:49 IST | Created: 26-11-2021 18:27 IST
Science News Roundup: NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft; Long COVID risk no lower with breakthrough infection; COVID-19 survival improves for European cancer patients
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Following is a summary of current science news briefs.

NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft

A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world's first planetary defense system, designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth. The DART spacecraft soared into the night sky at 10:21 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday (1:21 a.m. Eastern/0621 GMT Wednesday) from Vandenberg U.S. Space Force Base, about 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles, carried aboard a SpaceX-owned Falcon 9 rocket.

Long COVID risk no lower with breakthrough infection; COVID-19 survival improves for European cancer patients

The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Long COVID risk not lower after breakthrough infection

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