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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>The HERA craft is on it's way to investigate the aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid impact mission the other year, using the gravity of Mars to help it along it's way. <br> It's getting busy out there! 😀 </p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-asteroid-probe-snaps-rare-pics.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-asteroid</span><span class="invisible">-probe-snaps-rare-pics.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HERA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HERA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deimos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deimos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DART" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DART</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a></p>
Michael Busch<p>Animation from the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DARTMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DARTMission</span></a> on final approach to run into the asteroid <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> in 2022 September.</p><p>Dimorphos is the smaller one.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-OvnVdZP_8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=N-OvnVdZP_</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p>
Michael Busch<p>Update on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HeraMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeraMission</span></a> from Patrick Michel for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@setiinstitute" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>setiinstitute</span></a></span> :</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/live/LKcup8C5zUo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/live/LKcup8C5zUo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The spacecraft's instruments have been checked out and it has gone through the first trajectory correction maneuver to set up for the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> flyby early next year; where it will do some <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Deimos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deimos</span></a> science in passing.</p><p>2 years to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Didymos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Didymos</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> .</p>
Michael Busch<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HeraMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeraMission</span></a> will measure the heliocentric orbit change to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Didymos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Didymos</span></a> due to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DARTMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DARTMission</span></a> kinetic impact onto <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> .</p><p>Now I am wondering if this technically counts as gravity tractor deflection of the larger asteroid using the smaller one.</p>
Michael Busch<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HeraMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeraMission</span></a> did a pre-launch poll on what the spacecraft will find when it gets to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Didymos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Didymos</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> .</p><p>A few people responded "no Dimorphos" after the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DARTMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DARTMission</span></a> impact.</p><p>But Dimorphos was right there afterwards: <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05805-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-023</span><span class="invisible">-05805-2</span></a> .</p><p>I assume those were errant clicks on the form.</p>
Michael Busch<p>The listed velocity change for the proposed CNSA kinetic impactor asteroid deflection demonstration is about 4 times the velocity change the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DARTMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DARTMission</span></a> applied to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> , for a target asteroid that is many times less massive.</p><p>So I wonder about the risk that the target may simply be shattered.</p>
Flipboard Science Desk<p>Here’s some good news for fans of shooting stars. Rocky debris blasted away from the tiny asteroid Dimorphos when NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally slammed into it in 2022 could create the first human-made meteor shower known as the Dimorphids. New research suggests fragments will arrive in the vicinity of Earth and Mars within one to three decades. “This material could produce visible meteors as they penetrate the Martian atmosphere,” said lead study author Eloy Peña Asensio. Read more from CNN: <a href="https://flip.it/F4dEo5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/F4dEo5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ShootingStars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShootingStars</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MeteorShower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeteorShower</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>NASA’s DART Impact: Asteroid Moon Permanently Transformed<br><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/nasas-dart-impact-asteroid-moon-permanently-transformed/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scitechdaily.com/nasas-dart-im</span><span class="invisible">pact-asteroid-moon-permanently-transformed/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meteors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meteors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asteroids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planetarydefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>planetarydefense</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DART" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DART</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a></p>
Michael Busch<p>There is a new batch of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DARTMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DARTMission</span></a> papers out today:</p><p>Robin et al. 2024 - <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50147-w" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-50147-w</span></a><br>Lucchetti et al. 2024 - <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50145-y" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-50145-y</span></a><br>Pajola et al. 2024 - <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50148-9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-50148-9</span></a><br>Barnouin et al. 2024 - <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50146-x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-50146-x</span></a><br>Bigot et al. 2024 - <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-50149-8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-024</span><span class="invisible">-50149-8</span></a></p><p>These focus on the pre-impact geology of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Didymos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Didymos</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> , with comparisons to other near-Earth asteroids that have been visited by spacecraft.</p>
Michael Busch<p>At the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HeraMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeraMission</span></a> workshop today; Ian Carnelli confirms that the mission is on schedule for launch in October: <a href="https://www.cosmos.esa.int/documents/11661626/11661645/Hera_April2024_Schedule_V5.pdf/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cosmos.esa.int/documents/11661</span><span class="invisible">626/11661645/Hera_April2024_Schedule_V5.pdf/</span></a></p><p>It is then five months out to fly by Mars before going on to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Didymos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Didymos</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> to follow up on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DARTMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DARTMission</span></a> deflection demonstration.</p>
Matt Willemsen<p>DART Changed the Shape of Asteroid Dimorphos, not Just its Orbit<br><a href="https://www.universetoday.com/166246/dart-changed-the-shape-of-asteroid-dimorphos-not-just-its-orbit/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universetoday.com/166246/dart-</span><span class="invisible">changed-the-shape-of-asteroid-dimorphos-not-just-its-orbit/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Didymos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Didymos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/impact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impact</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanetaryDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryDefense</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Asteroid Struck by a Spacecraft Might Be 'Healing' as Its Surface Reforms<br><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/asteroid-struck-by-a-spacecraft-might-be-healing-as-its-surface-reforms" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencealert.com/asteroid-stru</span><span class="invisible">ck-by-a-spacecraft-might-be-healing-as-its-surface-reforms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DART" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DART</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/simulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>simulations</span></a></p>
janggolan<p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid</span></a> hit by NASA's <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DART" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DART</span></a> spacecraft is behaving unexpectedly... <br><a href="https://www.space.com/nasa-dart-impact-dimorphos-acting-weird-high-school-class-discovers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">space.com/nasa-dart-impact-dim</span><span class="invisible">orphos-acting-weird-high-school-class-discovers</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> may be tumbling in its normally steady orbit around its parent asteroid <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Didymos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Didymos</span></a>, according to New Scientist. Dimorphos also appeared to be continuously slowing down in its orbit for at least a month after the rocket impact, contrary to <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>'s predictions.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>'Swarm of boulders' in space shows the gory aftermath of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a>-smashing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DART" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DART</span></a> mission</p><p>The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has left a vast field of rubble strewn around asteroid Dimorphos, Hubble images show.</p><p>By Ben Turner, July 22, 2023</p><p>"The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the gory aftermath of the first-ever intentional collision between a spacecraft and an asteroid, revealing a debris field of at least 37 'boulders"' flung thousands of miles into space.</p><p>"On Sept. 26, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft disintegrated as it smashed into the asteroid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a>, which is 7 million miles (11 million kilometers) from Earth, successfully changing the asteroid's trajectory. </p><p>"Now, by using Hubble to study the impact, astronomers have found that DART's roughly 14,540 mph (23,400 km/h) impact on the asteroid produced a 'swarm of boulders.' The rocks, which range from 3 to 22 feet (0.9 to 6.7 meters) in diameter, were most likely shaken loose from the asteroid's surface during the impact. The researchers published their findings July 20 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters."</p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/swarm-of-boulders-in-space-shows-the-gory-aftermath-of-nasas-asteroid-smashing-dart-mission" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/space/asteroid</span><span class="invisible">s/swarm-of-boulders-in-space-shows-the-gory-aftermath-of-nasas-asteroid-smashing-dart-mission</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DontLookUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontLookUp</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JustLookUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustLookUp</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroids</span></a></p>
Danielle Rose<p>TFW you sell the first two prints of your DART mission painting, think the buyer’s name seems vaguely familiar, and Google tells you they’re one of the co-investigators of the <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DARTmission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DARTmission</span></a> 😱😱😱</p><p>(Want your own? <a href="https://drose.studio/shop/dart-approaching-dimorphos-print/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drose.studio/shop/dart-approac</span><span class="invisible">hing-dimorphos-print/</span></a>)</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.beachcom.org/@nasa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nasa</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/jhuapl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jhuapl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/spaceart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spaceart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/spaceartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spaceartist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercolor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/watercolorart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercolorart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dimorphos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/PlanetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/PlanetaryArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AstroArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AstroArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArtists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FediArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BuyIntoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyIntoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AYearForArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AYearForArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ArtMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ArtistsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/artistatwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artistatwork</span></a></p>
Scientific Frontline<p>Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), two teams of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomers</span></a> have observed the aftermath of the collision between NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DART" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DART</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spacecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacecraft</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2023/03/astr03212301.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2023/03/astr0321230</span><span class="invisible">1.html</span></a></p>
Space Telescope Science Inst.<p>This time-lapse from Hubble shows rapid changes to the asteroid Dimorphos after it was deliberately hit by the 1,200-pound NASA DART spacecraft in September. This impact was a test to see if asteroids could be deflected away from Earth: <a href="http://bit.ly/3ZK1zVh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">bit.ly/3ZK1zVh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Hubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hubble</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/DART" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DART</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>asteroid</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
Reymond Aguinaldo<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jesseliberty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jesseliberty</span></a></span> If you were inquiring about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DART" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DART</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DoubleAsteroidRedirectionTest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleAsteroidRedirectionTest</span></a>), then yes, the mission to change the trajectory of an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asteroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asteroid</span></a> has succeeded in its objective and moved <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dimorphos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dimorphos</span></a>, which is roughly the size of a stadium, further than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> had predicted. Humanity has never before purposely changed the motion of a celestial object, but this marks the first successful attempt. Additionally, it is the first full-scale demonstration of asteroid deflection technology.</p>
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