Today is World Asteroid Day, commemorating the 1908 "Tunguska event," where a giant fireball exploded over the forests of Tunguska in Siberia, creating the largest meteor impact in history.
We have a good lineup of headlines for your daily read: from Blue Origin launching six tourists from Texas into sub-orbit to a proposed wildfire satellite constellation that can scan the Earth every 20 minutes to the 20th anniversary of Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" film. We've got those and more in our newsletter.
"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure the US does not cede leadership in deep space to other nations, such as China."
Welcome to our eighth edition of the How It Works collection, a carefully curated volume of our favourite science, technology, history, transport, environment, and space articles.
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