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NASA’s DART asteroid impact mission reveals ages of twin space rock targets (images)

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An image of Didymos and Dimorphos composed of data collected by DART (NASA), Hayabusa (JAXA), Hayabusa-2 (JAXA), and OSIRIS-REX (NASA). | Credit: A. Duchene and C. Robin (ISAE-SUPAERO). Scientists have used images collected by NASA’s DART asteroid impactor mission… Read More »

NASA’s DART mission reshaped its target asteroid into a new shape. Here’s how

Shape of the asteroid dimorphos Changed at NASA’s request DARTS GAME The spacecraft deliberately crashed into it in 2022 as part of testing humanity. planet defense Abilities. DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, was designed to see if we could redirect a potentially hazardous asteroid away from us. Soil. Sent to one person binary asteroidWhere… Read More »