Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

Launched in 2021 on the world’s first planetary defense exercise, the Dart spacecraft deliberately plowed into Dimorphos, which orbits a bigger asteroid, Didymos, as they circle the sun together. The ...

Asteroid-Smashing NASA Mission Sped Up Space Rocks’ Journey Around the Sun

New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by ...
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NASA changed an asteroid’s orbital path around the sun, a first for humankind

Smashing a spacecraft into a binary asteroid system has managed to alter its path around the sun, a new analysis reveals ...