Joy and jubilation as Nasa crashes spacecraft into an asteroid in 'planetary defence test' – video

Nasa ’s Dart spacecraft has crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos 6.8m miles from Earth in the space agency’s first “planetary defense test”. Dart (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)  collided head-on with an asteroid the size of a football stadium on Monday in an unprecedented full-scale test of Nasa ’s capacity to defend Earth from a doomsday scenario. The test was humanity’s first attempt at moving another celestial body, to see if a large asteroid hurtling towards Earth could be divertedNasa successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid in planetary defense testNasa successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid in ‘planetary defense test’ – liveContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 27, 2022 Category: Science Tags: Space Nasa Science Source Type: news