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Shockingly fast way to deflect asteroids found
22Nov By adminNo Comments
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Shockingly fast way to deflect asteroids found

[ad_1] What if we find an asteroid that is on crash course with Earth? On top of it, there is no time to prepare as it has caught NASA by surprise and will crash very soon. Hollywood has always fantasized about the end of the world caused by malicious asteroids. Apocalyptic movies like Deep Impact, Armageddon and Don't Look Up have explored the ‘What Ifs' of world destruction, with the most famous means of world destruction being asteroids crashing into Earth. If you've ever wondered what would happen if such an asteroid headed for Earth, then NASA already has an answer for you with its DART Mission. NASA successfully deflected an asteroid of its course in a first-of-its-kind mission just months ago. But what if an asteroid comes suddenly out of nowhere and gives us no warning or time...
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NASA kicked asteroid off course in test to save Earth and humanity from mass extinction
12Oct By adminNo Comments
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NASA kicked asteroid off course in test to save Earth and humanity from mass extinction

[ad_1] NASA on Tuesday celebrated exceeding expectations during a mission to deflect a distant asteroid, in a sci-fi like test of humanity's ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth.The fridge-sized Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor deliberately smashed into the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, pushing it into a smaller, faster orbit around its big brother Didymos, NASA chief Bill Nelson announced. That changed its orbital period by four percent, or 32 minutes -- from 11 hour 55 minutes to 11 hours 23 minutes, bettering an expectation of 10 minutes. "At some point in the future, if we find an asteroid that is threatening to hit Earth, and would be large enough to really do some damage, thank goodness that we will have had this s...
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Miracle! NASA deflects GIGANTIC 530-foot asteroid with DART mission, can save Earth now
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Miracle! NASA deflects GIGANTIC 530-foot asteroid with DART mission, can save Earth now

[ad_1] NASA has confirmed that its first attempt at planetary defense against a destructive asteroid has miraculously succeeded. NASA's first attempt at planetary defense against potentially world-destroying asteroids was a miraculous success, the space agency has revealed. NASA's DART Mission is a nearly $330 million first step to protect Earth from potential asteroid impact. The aim of the Double Asteroid Detection Test or DART test was to smash a spacecraft into the Dimorphos asteroid to deflect it away from its path. In fact, there are two asteroids involved. According to NASA, Dimorphos is a gigantic 530-foot asteroid, which orbits an even larger asteroid called Didymos, nearly 5 times its size. Lori Glaze, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in ...
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Wow! James Webb, Hubble telescopes to snap NASA’s 500kg DART craft crashing into asteroid
23Sep By adminNo Comments
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Wow! James Webb, Hubble telescopes to snap NASA’s 500kg DART craft crashing into asteroid

[ad_1] NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will crash a 500kg craft into an asteroid; James Webb, Hubble to capture it. NASA is all set to make an attempt to deflect an asteroid via the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) on September 26. The process would involve crashing a 500kg spacecraft into binary asteroid 65803 Didymos' moonlet Dimorphous to change its trajectory. And the historic moment will be captured by James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope. The powerful telescopes that are already exploring the space will capture this live view of the moment of impact as NASA will turn them towards the DART impact that will take place at 7:14 p.m. EDT (2314 GMT). As per the report, DART will arrive...
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On a thrilling hunt for its asteroid target, NASA DART Mission Spacecraft finally locks in
9Sep By adminNo Comments
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On a thrilling hunt for its asteroid target, NASA DART Mission Spacecraft finally locks in

[ad_1] NASA's DART Mission spacecraft has got its first look at Didymos, the double-asteroid system that includes its target, the moonlet Dimorphos. Here is all you need to know. Amid the news of NASA conducting the world's 1st planetary defence test on September 26 with its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission, here is an update related to the spacecraft. The DART spacecraft recently got its first look at Didymos, the double-asteroid system that includes its target, Dimorphos. According to the information provided by NASA, "on September 26, DART will intentionally crash into Dimorphos, the asteroid moonlet of Didymos. While the asteroid poses no threat to Earth, this is the world's first test of the kinetic impact...
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