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In the image, the moon is a single pixel. What matters is what that pixel promises: a first close look at the only asteroid people have ever pushed off its path, and a list of puzzles that no one has solved yet.

A grey, egg-shaped asteroid, Dimorphos, against black space, its surface covered in loose rubble and scattered boulders, photographed by NASA's DART spacecraft shortly before impact. The image is a composite of the last ten full frames.

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Three people in white cleanroom suits, masks and gloves look closely at a gold-coloured stack of metal plates and colourful wiring, the cooling part of a superconducting quantum computer, in a laboratory.

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Nobody can name the date, and that is only part of the story. The danger is narrower than it sounds, secrets sent today can be recorded and opened later, and the fix is already running in your browser.

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A grey, egg-shaped asteroid, Dimorphos, against black space, its surface covered in loose rubble and scattered boulders, photographed by NASA's DART spacecraft shortly before impact. The image is a composite of the last ten full frames.

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ESA's Hera Probe Spots the Asteroid Moon NASA Hit in 2022

In the image, the moon is a single pixel. What matters is what that pixel promises: a first close look at the only asteroid people have ever pushed off its path, and a list of puzzles that no one has solved yet.