asteroid

They artificially change the motion of an asteroid

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For the first time, humanity has managed to change the movement of a celestial body in space using a space probe used as a projectile. Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s DART mission research team demonstrates that the deliberate impact of the DART spacecraft against its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully … Read more

30,000 near-Earth asteroids discovered and rising

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Francis Martin Leon 32 minutes ago 8 minutes 30,000 near-Earth asteroids discovered and rising Most of these were discovered in the last decadedemonstrating how our ability to detect potentially dangerous asteroids is rapidly improving. What is a near-Earth asteroid? An asteroid is called near earth asteroid (NEAfor its acronym in English) when its trajectory brings … Read more

The impact of the DART probe changed the movement of the asteroid Dimorphos Maldita.es – Journalism so they don’t sneak it in

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Categories Resources used Official sources (communiqués, databases, BOE) We republish this article published in the Sinc Agency on October 11, 2022. Featured Image Credits: CTIO/NOIRLab/SOAR/NSF/AURA/T. Kareta (Lowell Observatory), M. Knight (US Naval Academy). The analysis of the data obtained in the last two weeks by the research team of the NASA DART probe shows that … Read more

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