Just in case you missed yesterday's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impact, here is a sped-up version of the last five-and-a-half minutes of images from the spacecraft before it went boom. DART is a mission designed to test the kinetic impactor method of deflecting asteroids. Basically, we want to know if we can move asteroids on course for Earth by hitting them really, really hard. Yesterday's target was the asteroid moon Dimorphos. It orbits a larger asteroid named Didymos, which is vi

Near-Earth Asteroids Discovered to Date: October 2024 | NASA Planetary Defense FriendsofNASA.org: What do we know about the asteroids and comets in Earth's neighborhood? Planetary defense includes finding, tracking, and characterizing these near-Earth objects. It is part of our mission. Here is what we have found so far . . . Learn more about Planetary Defense at NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense Video Credit: NASA 360 Duration: 1 minute, 13 seconds Release Date: Oct. 1, 2024 #NASA #Sp