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Home This image of asteroids Didymos, left, and Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission a few seconds before the spacecraft smashed into Dimorphos on September 26th, 2022. The impact on the smaller asteroid had a measurable effect on the orbit of its larger partner. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL) This image of asteroids Didymos, left, and Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission a few seconds before the spacecraft smashed into Dimorphos on September 26th, 2022. The impact on the smaller asteroid had a measurable effect on the orbit of its larger partner. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)

This image of asteroids Didymos, left, and Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission a few seconds before the spacecraft smashed into Dimorphos on September 26th, 2022. The impact on the smaller asteroid had a measurable effect on the orbit of its larger partner. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)

This image of asteroids Didymos, left, and Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission a few seconds before the spacecraft smashed into Dimorphos on September 26th, 2022. The impact on the smaller asteroid had a measurable effect on the orbit of its larger partner. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)

This image of asteroids Didymos, left, and Dimorphos was captured by NASA’s DART mission a few seconds before the spacecraft smashed into Dimorphos on September 26th, 2022. The impact on the smaller asteroid had a measurable effect on the orbit of its larger partner. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL)

The Hubble Space Telescope observed two tails of dust ejected from the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system several days after NASA’s DART spacecraft impacted the smaller asteroid. (NASA, ESA, Jian-Yang Li (PSI), Joe Depasquale (STScI))
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