NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with asteroid Dimorphos last year. The collision caused boulders to be dislodged from Dimorphos. These boulders are drifting away from Dimorphos at a leisurely rate. Last year, NASA’s DART spacecraft deliberately collided with the distant asteroid Dimorphos, altering its orbit around the larger asteroid Didymos. Recent images from the Hubble Space … Read more
Footage has emerged of the first time humans intentionally slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid. Dimorphos is 11 million kilometers from Earth and poses no threat to the planet, but is being used as a historic test run for future stardom. The collision was captured by ground-based observatories and the toast-sized satellite LICIACube. In the … Read more
WASHINGTON, A NASA mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid — a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth — blasted off Tuesday from California. It may sound like science fiction, but the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) is a real proof-of-concept … Read more
