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Nasa Rammed an Asteroid Hard Enough to Change Its Trajectory, Maybe We're Not All Doomed
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, launched by NASA in November 2021, has made history by successfully colliding with an asteroid, changing its trajectory in the process. The mission's primary goal was to test the feasibility of a kinetic impactor, a type of spacecraft designed to ...
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Nasa Warns That Over 15,000 'city-killing' Asteroids Are Orbiting Earth Undetected
The recent warning from NASA has sparked concern about the potential consequences of asteroid impacts on Earth. With over 15,000 asteroids identified as potential threats, the space agency has launched a new detection system to improve the accuracy of asteroid predictions. This system uses advanced ...