NASA’s first planetary defense test reshaped asteroid Dimorphos

The DART probe hit a space rock in 2022 and completely reshaped it, according to new mathematical calculations

Asteroid Dimorphos, 160 meters in diameter


Asteroid Dimorphos, 160 meters in diameter NASA

Judith de Jorge

26/02/2024

Updated at 5:00 p.m

On September 26, 2022, NASA’s DART probe collided with a 160-meter-diameter, moon-larger asteroid eleven million kilometers from our planet and managed to deflect its trajectory. It was like giving…

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