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…
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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…
NEOMIR: Planetary Defense Mission for Finding Dangerous Asteroids Hidden by Sun
Asteroids, like stars, only come out at night. Hidden in the glare of our Sun are an unknown number of asteroids on paths we cannot…
The Sun’s Invisible Asteroids: Planetary Defense a Decade After Chelyabinsk
No one saw the Chelyabinsk meteor of February 15, 2013, coming – the largest asteroid to strike Earth in over a century. Just after sunrise…
NASA’s Planetary Radar Captures Empire State Building-Sized Asteroid As It Flew Past Earth
One of the most elongated asteroids ever imaged by planetary radar was closely tracked by NASA’s Deep Space Network. An oblong asteroid, more than three…
Experts on the Future of Planetary Defense 10 Years After the Chelyabinsk Asteroid Impact’s 440 Kiloton Explosion
On February 15, 2013, the people of Chelyabinsk, Russia, experienced a shocking event, and yet it was a small fraction of the devastation an asteroid…
Planetary Defense: Asteroid Racing Toward Earth Discovered Just Hours Before Impact
Seventh Shooting Star Ever Spotted Before Impact For the seventh time, a small asteroid – a meteoroid as astronomers call it – was discovered in…
Planetary Defense: Asteroid Findings From Specks of Space Dust Could Save Earth
Curtin University-led research into the durability and age of an ancient asteroid made of rocky rubble and dust, revealed significant findings that could contribute to…
ESA’s Planetary Defense Mission: Time of Trial for Hera Spacecraft
One of last year’s space highlights was the NASA DART mission’s collision with Dimorphos (seen right in the animation above), the small moon of the binary…
NASA’s Planetary Defense Mission NEO Surveyor Successfully Passes Key Milestone
NASA officials have confirmed NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) – the next flight mission out of the agency’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office…
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…
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…
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Sets Sights on Asteroid Target
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft recently acquired its first image of Didymos, the double-asteroid system that includes its target, Dimorphos. DART will intentionally…
