NASA’s DART asteroid-impact mission will be a key test of planetary defense

Image caption: An artist’s depiction of the DART spacecraft approaching the asteroid Dimorphos. Image credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins APL / Steve Gribben. Article by Keith Cooper. Space.com – September 20, 2022.

When NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) slams into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos, it will be our first attempt to demonstrate our ability to deflect dangerous incoming asteroids. For decades, scientists around the world have been scanning the sky, searching for potentially hazardous asteroids in the vicinity of Earth. And as astronomers discover near-Earth asteroids in ever greater numbers, […]

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