#shorts #astronomy #asteroid A back view animation of NASA's first planetary defense test mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which collided with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos. Also in the video is the larger parent asteroid Didymos, which Dimorphos orbits. This impact ...

‘A watershed moment for planetary defense and … humanity’ — NASA administrator Bill Nelson confirms DART successfully knocked an asteroid off course. » Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: ...

All eyes are looking up as @NASA intentionally crashes the 550 kg DART spacecraft into an orbiting asteroid at high speed. Our Estrack network of ground stations, Europe’s ‘eyes on the sky’, will be particularly focused on the humanmade impactor, keeping track as it closes in on the ...