Bam NASA's DART spacecraft slams into moonlet in asteroid system

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. Watch the ...
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Confirmed: Humanity changed an object's orbit around the sun for the first time

In 2022, NASA made history, deliberately smashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter the object's orbit around its larger companion asteroid. We already knew that the Double ...
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In a first, NASA changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun—by accident

Sooner or later, humanity will spot an asteroid heading our way—one capable of destroying an entire city or even a whole country. That’s why, back in 2022, NASA ran a dress rehearsal for defending the ...
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Astronomers Find Evidence Of Impact On Asteroid Dimorphos *Before* NASA Hit It

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
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New observations show the aftermath of a spacecraft intentionally colliding with an asteroid

In 2022, a NASA spacecraft intentionally barreled into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos during a planetary defense test. The objective was to assess whether humanity could protect Earth from cosmic threats ...