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Rock on! Or...off?
After last year's #DARTMission, when @nasa intentionally crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, Hubble has been observing the aftermath.
This Hubble image shows a few dozen boulders knocked off the asteroid by the collision: https://go.nasa.gov/44TUlQK
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Hubble Sees Boulders Escaping from Asteroid Dimorphos
Astronomers using Hubble's extraordinary sensitivity have discovered a swarm of boulders that were possibly shaken off the asteroid when NASA deliberately slammed the half-ton DART impactor spacecraft into Dimorphos at approximately 14,000 miles per …Jamie Adkins (NASA)
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Making space for all with @NMAAHC, celebrating the #DARTMission, and spotting a tiny asteroid with @NASAWebb.
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#DARTMission impacts an asteroid https://go.nasa.gov/3Gh6ciG
@MarsCuriosity marks a decade on Mars https://go.nasa.gov/3Gh6R3E
@NASAWebb eyes Jupiter https://go.nasa.gov/3WlIwzb
#JunoMission encounters Europa https://go.nasa.gov/3WjSwJb
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NASA’s DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test
After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in sp…Roxana Bardan (NASA)
NASA’s Hubble Spots Twin Tails in New Image After DART Impact
Follow-up DART observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope are already revealing the clearest image of a stunning surprise – a newly developed second tail of ejecta.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)