DART Spacecraft Successfully Crashes into Asteroid Dimorphos

Recently, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully crashed into a distant asteroid Dimorphos at hypersonic speed in a test of the world's first planetary defence system. This was the first attempt to alter the motion of an asteroid or any celestial body.

• The mission was devised to determine whether a spacecraft is capable of changing the trajectory of an asteroid through sheer kinetic force, nudging it off course just enough to keep our planet out of harm's way.
• The DART team said it expects to shorten the orbital path of Dimorphos by 10 minutes but would consider at least 73 ....