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Views of the Didymos system within the first month of DART

NASA’s DART asteroid flung 2 million pounds of rock into space

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The massive tail created by the collision of a spacecraft and an asteroid earlier this year reveals key information about space rocks – and how to deal with such a rock that could one day threaten Earth. NASA Asteroid Double Redirection Test (DART) the mission slammed into a small space rock called Dimorphos in late …

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NASA’s DART asteroid crash: What scientists have learned about Dimorphos so far

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Crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid isn’t NASA’s usual approach to planetary science, but it was certainly an opportunity nonetheless. NASA Asteroid Double Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft slammed into a small asteroid called Dimorphos on September 26 to test a potential technique to protect Earth, should we end up on a collision course with a …

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