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Debris released from the asteroid Dimorphos during NASA's DART mission has a higher momentum and less random distribution than expected, which "changes the physics we need to consider when planning ...
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NASA's DART: Redirecting an asteroid to protect Earth
The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to protect Earth from the threat of an asteroid impact. By smashing a ...
These images, showing ejecta around the impacted near-Earth asteroids, were taken during the approach (with Didymos to the upper left) and departure (Didymos to the upper right) of DART's companion ...
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NASA’s DART Mission Reveals Key Insights to Help Save Earth from the Next Asteroid Impact!
On September 11, 2022, a critical step in planetary defense was taken as NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, traveling over 5 million miles through space, performed the world’s ...
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