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When NASA’s DART deep space probe smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, it didn’t leave a crater. Instead, there was a splash, where the asteroid was distorted like a jelly as its entire structure shifted.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: NA… Continue reading Asteroid-redirecting DART probe made a splash slamming into Dimorphos
After focussing on an asteroid that was struck in 2022 by a half-tonne NASA robotic probe traveling over seven times faster than a bullet, the Hubble Space Telescope has detected a swarm of 37 boulders that were dislodged by the impact.Continue Reading… Continue reading NASA probe knocked boulders from asteroid after cosmic collision
When ESA’s Juventas CubeSat lands on Dimorphos in 2026 to assess the aftermath of last year’s spectacular collisions with NASA’s DART spacecraft, its GRAvimeter for small Solar System bodies (GRASS) instrument will directly measure the asteroid’s gravi… Continue reading ESA tests tiny instrument to measure asteroid’s tiny gravity
ESA has awarded €129.4 million of funding to the planetary defense mission Hera, which will observe the results of humanity’s first attempt to intentionally alter the orbit of a solar system asteroid. The mission could be the fist step along the road t… Continue reading ESA moves forward with Hera planetary defense mission