Live updates: DART asteroid space mission | CNN
Sep 27, 2022 · The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, is set to intentionally collide with an asteroid on Monday. The goal is to test the technology that could be needed for …
DART’s Final Images Prior to Impact - NASA
Sep 27, 2022 · The final five-and-a-half minutes of images leading up to the DART spacecraft’s intentional collision with asteroid Dimorphos. The DART spacecraft streamed these images …
What We Learned From NASA’s DART Mission - The New York Times
Sep 26, 2022 · Humanity has one shot to save itself with brave, self-sacrificing heroes piloting a spacecraft into the cosmos to destroy the asteroid. But that’s the movies. On Monday evening, …
Webb observations hint at giant asteroid collision in a nearby ... - CNN
Jun 16, 2024 · A collision between giant asteroids likely occurred in a neighboring star system called Beta Pictoris in recent years, and two different space observatories are helping to tell …
NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion …
Oct 11, 2022 · Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft’s kinetic impact with its …
The Science Behind NASA's First Attempt at Redirecting an Asteroid
Oct 20, 2022 · In a successful attempt to alter the orbit of an asteroid for the first time in history, NASA crashed a spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos on Sept. 26, 2022. The mission, …
Webb, Hubble Capture Detailed Views of DART Impact - NASA
Sep 29, 2022 · Two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have captured views of a unique NASA experiment designed to …
James Webb telescope reveals 'cataclysmic' asteroid collision in …
Jun 11, 2024 · The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a snapshot of two massive asteroids colliding in a nearby star system — and it could teach us about how common solar …
NASA Study: Asteroid’s Orbit, Shape Changed After DART Impact
Mar 19, 2024 · The demonstration showed that a kinetic impactor could deflect a hazardous asteroid should one ever be on a collision course with Earth. Now a new study published in the …
Webb telescope reveals asteroid collision in neighboring star …
Jun 10, 2024 · Astronomers have captured what appears to be a snapshot of a massive collision of giant asteroids in Beta Pictoris, a neighboring star system known for its early age and …