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Astronomy and space

DART mission successfully hits asteroid in first-of-its-kind test

12 Oct 2022 Michael Banks
Asteroid before impact
Close-up The last complete image of asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as taken by the DRACO imager on NASA’s DART mission from about 12 kilometres from the asteroid and 2 seconds before impact. (Courtesy: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)
Update 12/10/2022: NASA has confirmed that DART’s impact successfully altered the asteroid’s

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