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Ian strengthens to Category 1 hurricane as it nears Cuba: NHC
Ian strengthens to Category 1 hurricane as it nears Cuba: NHC

Tropical storm Ian has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it nears western Cuba, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. "Ian becomes a hurricane," the NHC said in an advisory, warning that "additional rapid strengthening is expected today."

NASA to deflect asteroid in key test of planetary defense
NASA to deflect asteroid in key test of planetary defense

NASA will on Monday attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test of our ability to stop cosmic objects from devastating life on Earth.