Surprise! NASA Hubble Telescope captures amazing twin tails after impact on asteroid
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In a big and pleasant surprise, NASA’s Hubble Telescope has captured an unexpected twin tail after the asteroid mission impact.
Almost a month ago, on September 26, NASA had successfully carried out the first-of-its-kind Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, a planetary defense test to change the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos while crashing a spacecraft into it. NASA has confirmed that the mission was successful in altering Dimorphos' orbit. Latest data shows that the DART mission shortened the 11 hour and 55 minute orbit of the asteroid by about 32 minutes, much more than expected. However, the result of the DART mission is even more stunning! This has been captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in the form of astonishing twin tails of dust ejected from asteroid.Th...