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NASA mission to deflect asteroid size of 'Pyramid of Giza' causes some very unexpected results
It ultimately was successful, with NASA correctly predicting that it is possible to redirect celestial objects. The asteroid known as Dimorphos was approximately the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza, ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't Earth but it could still ruin your day: Here's how
"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...
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. The mission, dubbed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), aimed to ...
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“Something Unknown Is at Work” Behind NASA’s DART Planetary Defense Mission—and Astronomers Are Worried
Planetary defense scientists say NASA’s DART asteroid redirection mission sent space rocks hurtling on unexpected ...
NASA's asteroid target practice may not have been the success we thought
There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...
NASA's DART mission ejected boulders from asteroid Dimorphos, offering new insight into asteroid collision outcomes
NASA's DART mission successfully altered Dimorphos' orbit, but the impact unleashed over 100 boulders, significantly boosting ...
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 ...