NASA’s asteroid-smashing DART spacecraft hit so hard, it changed its target space rocks’ orbit around the sun

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/asteroid-comet-missions/nasas-asteroid-smashing-spacecraft-managed-to-alter-target-space-rocks-orbit-around-the-sun

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  1. TheMurmuring on

    Well, that was the whole point of the “Double Asteroid Redirection Test.” I’m glad it was a success. It gives us a better chance of avoiding an extinction event from that venue.