Bullseye! How DART hit an asteroid 7 million miles away Bullseye! How DART hit an asteroid 7 million miles away 05:09 Small asteroids hit Earth’s atmosphere every single day. It’s the big ones we care about, as depicted in such Hollywood extravaganzas as “Armageddon” and “Don’t Look Up.” “I’ve never been able to sit still … Read more
Small asteroids hit Earth’s atmosphere every single day. It’s the big ones we care about, as depicted in such Hollywood extravaganzas as “Armageddon” and “Don’t Look Up.” “I’ve never been able to sit still and watch any of the asteroid movies and not just want to get up and walk away,” said MIT professor Richard … Read more
It’s finally happening. After about a year of anticipation surrounding NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the mission will be carried out Monday night, when the spacecraft is expected to crash into its target asteroid. NASA said Thursday that the mission — the world’s first to test technology to defend the planet from potentially dangerous … Read more