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DART Changed the Shape of Asteroid Dimorphos, not Just its Orbit
Universe Today· 1 day agoThe purpose of this test was to evaluate a potential strategy for planetary defense. According to a new NASA-led study, the DART mission’s impact not only ...
Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?
AOL· 4 days agoIn the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. A spacecraft named Dart...
NASA smashed an asteroid with a rocket. The debris could hit Mars.
National Geographic· 1 day agoIn the future, if nothing is done to stop it, an asteroid not much larger than a football stadium...
Chinese scientists call for focus on asteroid missions
SpaceNews· 3 days agoChina should intensify its asteroid research and focus on sample return mission plans, according to scientists. China’s future asteroid exploration should ...
NASA Study: Asteroid’s Orbit, Shape Changed After DART Impact - NASA
NASA· 1 week agoThe demonstration showed that a kinetic impactor could deflect a hazardous asteroid should one ever be on a collision course with Earth. Now a new study published in the & ...
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Bennu contains the building blocks of life and minerals unseen on...
LiveScience· 2 weeks agoAmong them, the near-Earth asteroid, known as Bennu, contains a surprising reservoir of a mineral...
NASA's DART mission hammered its target asteroid into a new shape. Here's how
SPACE.com· 1 week agoThe shape of the asteroid Dimorphos was changed when NASA's DART spacecraft deliberately crashed into it in 2022 as part of a test of humanity's planetary
Tyvak delivers asteroid-tracking satellite to European Space Agency By Investing.com
Investing.com· 1 week agoTyvak delivers asteroid-tracking satellite to European Space Agency
When NASA crashed into an asteroid, it did way more than 'nudge' it
Mashable· 1 week agoNASA plunged a refrigerator-sized spacecraft into a stadium-sized asteroid in 2022, with hopes of simply nudging it. Now, the space agency revealed that the DART mission didn't ...
NASA pulverised this asteroid into ‘watermelon’ shape
Cosmos· 1 week agoWhat happens when you take a spaceship worth hundreds of millions of dollars, blast it into space and deliberately smash it into an asteroid at speeds of 23,000km/h? Well, ...