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Dimorphos ‘spherically deformed’ possibly due to DART impact

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. When NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft deliberately crashed into asteroid Dimorphos in September 2022, the impact may have caused “global deformation” of the space rock, according to new research. The goal of the DART… Read More »

NASA’s asteroid impact completely changed the shape of the DART mission target

Scientists have discovered that the target asteroid in NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) may have been reshaped by the impact. A new study of the impact’s aftermath found that the asteroid, the smaller component of the binary asteroid system, exhibited a loose “rubble” composition. DART crashed into the moonlet Dimorphos orbiting the larger space… Read More »