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Nasa smashes asteroid

An experiment by Nasa has seen them smash an asteroid. Some are heralding this as a new era for humankind - Nasa experiment smashes asteroid.

Neil and Beth teach you the vocabulary used in headlines about this story.

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The story  

Protecting our Earth from space rocks.

Nasa has successfully crashed a Dart spacecraft into an asteroid as part of a defence test.

It’s hoped scientists will learn more about pushing dangerous asteroids off course.

Dr Lori Glaze, the director of planetary science at Nasa, called it ‘a new era for humankind’.

Key words and phrases

bullseye
something people say when they hit the target

• Bullseye! That game went exactly as I imagined.
• Aim for the bullseye in darts because you’ll get a lot of points.

rams
crashes into something violently

• Police officers ram doors open.
• If a car rams into you, it is a serious accident.

unprecedented
never happened before

• The current increases in energy prices are unprecedented.
• There were unprecedented levels of rainfall in the country.

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