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NASA's DART: Redirecting an asteroid to protect Earth

The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...
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Bam NASA's dart spacecraft slams into moonlet in asteroid system

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. Watch the ...
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Scientists Say Heck, Just Nuke a Killer Asteroid Heading for Earth

In a new paper, an international team of researchers revisited the idea of blowing up an incoming asteroid with a nuclear ...
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Inside NASA’s Mission to Defend Earth From Deadly Asteroids

Our Solar System contains tens of thousands of potentially dangerous asteroids that could wipe out an entire city, or worse. In Washington, a NASA office is leading efforts to spot and neutralize ...
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NASA launching mission to deflect an asteroid

NASA is scheduled to launch a "planetary defense-driven test" late Tuesday night. The goal of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is to adjust the speed and path of an asteroid by using ...