NASA’s DART Impact Changed Asteroid’s Shape and Orbit
After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed and its orbit has shrunk….
NASA DART News
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is a pioneering planetary defense initiative aimed at testing methods for preventing a potentially hazardous asteroid from colliding with Earth. Launched in November 2021, DART was designed to target the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, which orbits the larger asteroid Didymos. The mission involved navigating a spacecraft to intentionally collide with Dimorphos at high speed in September 2022. This kinetic impact technique was intended to slightly alter the asteroid’s trajectory, demonstrating a viable method to deflect objects that could pose a future threat to Earth. The mission’s success was confirmed when telescopic observations showed that DART had successfully changed Dimorphos’s orbit around Didymos. This experiment marked the first time humanity has altered the dynamics of a celestial body in a measurable way, providing valuable data for developing strategies against potential asteroid threats.
DART Impact Aftermath: Hubble Sees Boulders Escaping From Asteroid Dimorphos
The 2022 DART mission impact rattled the asteroid’s surface Sorry Chicken Little, the sky is not falling — at least not yet. Wayward asteroids present…
Hubble Movie of DART Asteroid Impact Debris Reveals Surprising and Remarkable Changes
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of rapid changes to the asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 545-kilogram…
Unexpected Surprises: Hubble Captures Stunning Movie of DART Asteroid Impact Debris
Never-Before-Seen Spacecraft Collision Yields Unexpected Surprises In 2022 NASA embarked on a bold experiment to see if they could change an asteroid’s velocity by smacking…
Hubble Space Telescope Captures Movie of DART Asteroid Impact Debris
This movie captures the breakup of the asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by NASA’s 545-kilogram Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission spacecraft on…
Planetary Defense Success! NASA’s DART Data Validates Asteroid Kinetic Impact Method
Since NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted its target nearly five months ago, on September 26 — altering the orbit of the asteroid…
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission Receives Space Foundation Achievement Award
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team has been selected to receive the 2023 Space Achievement Award, a top award from the Space Foundation. This…
DART Asteroid Impact Aftermath: Hubble Spots Unexpected Twin Tails in “Stunning Surprise”
Unexpected Aftermath of First-of-Its-Kind Test Intrigues Astronomers NASA carried out the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), a first-of-its-kind experiment, on September 26, 2022. The pioneering…
Success! Stunning NASA Dart Imagery Confirms Target Asteroid Orbit Changed
NASA’s Dart Impact Successfully Altered the Orbit of Asteroid Dimorphos Analysis of data obtained by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team over the…
Immense Trail of Debris From DART Collision With Asteroid Dimorphos Captured by SOAR Telescope
SOAR Telescope Catches Dimorphos’s Expanding Comet-like Tail After DART Impact The SOAR Telescope in Chile imaged the more than 10,000 kilometers long trail of debris…
Incredible Telescope View Captures DART Asteroid Impact
On Monday, September 26, 2022, at 7:14 p.m. EDT (23:14 UTC), NASA’s DART spacecraft successfully smashed into asteroid Dimorphos, the 160-meter (525-foot) moonlet orbiting around…
Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes Capture Detailed Views of DART Asteroid Impact
First Time Webb and Hubble Make Simultaneous Observations of the Same Target Two of NASA’s great observatories had a front-row seat to a groundbreaking NASA…
LICIACube Satellite’s First Images From After DART’s Collision With Target Asteroid
On Monday, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted its asteroid target Dimorphos after 10 months of flying through space. During the spacecraft’s final…
Successful Impact! NASA’s DART Mission Hits Asteroid in Historic Planetary Defense Test
After 10 months of flying through space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, September 26, 2022. It was…
See DART’s Final Images Before Asteroid Impact
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully impacted its asteroid target Dimorphos on Monday, September 26, 2022, after 10 months of flying through space. It…
ESA’s Deep Space Network Tracks DART Asteroid Impact
Today, all eyes will be looking up as NASA intentionally crashes the 1260-pound (570-kilogram) DART spacecraft into an orbiting asteroid at high speed. ESA’s Estrack…
DART Impact Day: How To Watch Live Coverage of Spacecraft’s Impact With Asteroid Dimorphos
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is the world’s first mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards. Today, Monday,…
NASA’s Planetary Defense Test: DART About To Impact an Asteroid
Trying to impact an asteroid is a bold and complex undertaking. JPL is there to assist with navigators, communications, and more. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection…