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[email protected] Special Event: Planetary Defenders
Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft will crash into the asteroid DImorphos in the first-ever attempt to nudge an asteroid off course, and we will be watching in real-time! DImorphus, the tiny moon of asteroid Didymos, is not a threat to earth, but astronomers will watch to see if the moonlet’s orbit changes after the impact. This will help determine how we might protect earth...
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The Manitoba Museum acknowledges we are on Treaty No.1 land, the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg and Ininíwak. These lands, water, and waterways are the unceded territories of the Dakota, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. The Museum is committed to reflecting the continued legacy of all the original peoples of this province, including the Ithiniwak, Denesułine, Anishininiwak, Inuit, and Nakota.
We acknowledge the harms of the past, are committed to improving relationships in the spirit of reconciliation, and appreciate the opportunity to live and learn on these traditional lands in mutual respect.
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