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NASA Rammed A Spaceship Into An Asteroid And Made A Fascinating Discovery

Deflecting asteroids by running spaceships into them may sound like science fiction, but it's quite real. And it's quite a ...
Live Science

Science history: DART, humanity’s first-ever asteroid deflection mission, punches a space rock in the face — Sept. 26, 2022

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...

3I/ATLAS Could Help NASA Prevent an Earth Impact—How This Cosmic Test Works

NASA is studying interstellar object 3I/ATLAS to refine its planetary defence systems, using the comet's rare trajectory as a ...
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DART NASA: Spacecraft successfully slams into an asteroid

CHICAGO -- A NASA spacecraft has intentionally slammed into an asteroid in humanity's first test of planetary defense. The impact occurred at 7:15 p.m. ET greeted by cheers from the mission team in ...
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A kilometer-wide asteroid will make its closest pass by Earth this week

An asteroid estimated to be a kilometer (3,451 feet) wide will fly by Earth on January 18. The video in the media player above is from a related report. It will pass within 1.2 million miles of our ...
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Asteroid discovered only 2 days ago just flew by Earth closer than the moon

A newly discovered space rock zoomed safely by Earth on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...