NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally collided with an asteroid in September, in an attempt to alter the space rock’s trajectory. The mission tested technology that could help defend Earth ...

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NASA's DART space mission was a success and this is how the agency's technicians confirmed it: "We have impact!" they said. The US space agency managed to slightly deflect the asteroid Dimorphos ...

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Could this technology be used? Andrews: Not necessarily. DART—a type of spacecraft called a kinetic impactor—was a great success. But it still only changed Dimorphos' orbit by a small amount.