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NASA crashed a spacecraft into a space rock, accelerating two asteroids’ orbit around the sun. The DART mission marks the first time a human-crafted object has altered the path of a celestial body. (www.cnn.com)
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[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

Unfortunately, a quirk of gravitational lensing resulted in a very unpleasant bowel movement for said dog. When asked for comment, the veterinarian involved could only offer, "I don't envy him".

P.S. my physics is shaky at best so don't know if it works from a physics perspective, but it really felt "Hitchhikers" enough to try