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Confirmed—NASA’s DART experiment not only deflected the asteroid, it also caused surprising changes in its orbit
On 26 September 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) deliberately slammed a vending-machine-size spacecraft into ...
Deflecting asteroids isn't as easy as scientists previously thought
When NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with a small asteroid moon in late 2022, the impact made history. It was the first ...
Massive boulders ejected during DART mission may complicate future asteroid deflection efforts
When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...
Crashing into an asteroid creates chaotic space boulders
In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...
Deflecting a Killer Asteroid Is More Complicated Than NASA Thought
In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid.
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Boulder Barrage and Ejecta Dynamics Redefine Asteroid Deflection Strategies After DART
When a vending-machine-sized spacecraft hit Dimorphos in 2022, planetary defense experts anticipated an easy test of kinetic ...
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"Something Unknown Is At Work Here": Unexpected Results From NASA Mission To Deflect Asteroid
NASA's DART spacecraft attempted to deflect an asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza. New work tracking the ...
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A 'Golden Handle' will appear on the moon tonight. Here's how to see it
The "Golden Handle" appears each month when the sun illuminates a mountain range lining a vast impact crater. Saturday night ...
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NASA's asteroid-crash Earth defense tactic has a complication — DART ejected large boulders into space
When NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels ...
Life on Venus? Probe mission could search Venus clouds for unexplained hydrogen-rich gases
The answer to whether tiny bacterial life-forms really do exist in the clouds of Venus could be revealed once and for all by ...
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In 2032, Earth May Witness A Once-In-5,000-Year Event On The Moon
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DART’s Chaotic Ejecta and the New Science of Asteroid Deflection Dynamics
How does a planetary defense mission intended to push an asteroid off course manage to release a torrent of boulders with the same momentum as the spacecraft? NASA’s groundbreaking experiment, the ...