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NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slams into asteroid in historic test of planetary defense
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoNASA's DART spacecraft slammed into an asteroid as part of a historic test of planetary defense....
NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defense test
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNASA's DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in...
Asteroid which whizzed past Earth exposes ‘blind spot’ in our planetary defence
Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoAstronomers have warned that an asteroid that whizzed past Earth harmlessly last week has...
Planetary defense: NASA's arsenal for protecting Earth from potential killer asteroids
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 1 year ago--- An asteroid the size of Texas hurtles straight toward Earth, threatening to kill most living...
NASA strikes asteroid with spacecraft in historic planetary defense mission
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNASA on Monday successfully struck a tiny asteroid more than 7 million miles from Earth with a...
NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to test a plan that could one day save Earth from...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Double Asteroid Redirection Test is the first planetary defense experiment ever attempted....
NASA says it successfully changed asteroid’s path in test of planetary defense
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoA NASA spacecraft successfully changed an asteroid's orbit by intentionally smashing into it last...
DART probe hits bull’s eye on an asteroid and strikes a blow for planetary defense
GeekWire via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoTen months after NASA’s DART spacecraft was aimed at a mini-asteroid, the probe hit the bull’s eye...
Asteroid as large as 300 feet wide due to pass between Earth and the moon Saturday afternoon
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA newly discovered asteroid more than 200 feet wide will zoom in between Earth and the moon Saturday...
NASA just smashed a spaceship into an asteroid on purpose. Here are 13 facts about the mission and...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIllustration of DART approaching Dimorphos.NASA/Johns Hopkins APL NASA crashed a spacecraft into an...