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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: 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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News from around NASA this week:

Making space for all with @NMAAHC, celebrating the #DARTMission, and spotting a tiny asteroid with @NASAWebb.

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What's your favorite planetary postcard from '22?

#DARTMission impacts an asteroid go.nasa.gov/3Gh6ciG
@MarsCuriosity marks a decade on Mars go.nasa.gov/3Gh6R3E
@NASAWebb eyes Jupiter go.nasa.gov/3WlIwzb
#JunoMission encounters Europa 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)
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New #DARTMission image just dropped! Last month, @nasa crashed a spacecraft into a non-threatening asteroid in a test of planetary defense. This new Hubble image shows a surprising update – two tails of dust ejecting from the impacted asteroid system: go.nasa.gov/3TBEjp7 #Hubble nitter.net/NASAHubble/status/1…

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)
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