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[ad_1] It has been one month since the historic NASA DART asteroid crash. What new secrets have the scientists revealed in this time? Check details. On September 26, NASA made history! For the first time ever, humans were able to shake and actually move a celestial body. The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission sent a spacecraft to an asteroid called Dimorphos and struck it headfirst. The mission was conducted to find a reliable way to defend the Earth from any incoming asteroids. But a secondary objective was also to take a close look at the smallest asteroid any spacecraft has visited. So, what have the scientists found out after churning out the data for a month? Read on to find out.Carolyn Ernst, a planetary scientist responsible for DART's sole instrument told Spa...

[ad_1] A NASA cubesat satellite called LICIACube played an incredibly important role in the DART mission. Know all about this mysterious tech marvel. Ever since the successful conclusion to the NASA DART mission where a spacecraft smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, much has been said about how this effort could be the first real step towards developing a practical planetary defense mechanism against rogue asteroids, and for all the right reasons. But while a majority of the attention is going towards the hero of the mission, the spacecraft called the DART Impactor, not much attention is being given to the NASA Cubesat satellite which performed the all important task of taking photos of the crash. Known as the LICIACube, thi...

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One month after the NASA asteroid collision success, what have scientists learned?

Asteroid collision: All about the mysterious NASA Cubesat satellite that took crash photos