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Nearly a year has passed since NASA deliberately crashed a $300 million spacecraft into an asteroid. In a first-of-its-kind feat, the agency's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) craft slammed into the space rock Dimorphos at 14,000 miles per hour on September 26, 2022.
The tiny-but-mighty DART craft shortened Dimorphos' orbital period, or the time it takes to circle Didymos, by about 33 minutes . It looked like a tidy conclusion to a tale of success, but according to new research, the story didn't end there.
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Hubble Space Telescope captured Dimorphos' collision with NASA's DART spacecraft. Photograph:(Others)
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a one-of-a-kind stunt. They slammed a spacecraft into the space rock Dimporphos at 14,000 miles per hour on September 26, 2022.
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