NASA's asteroid deflection mission was more successful than expected. An expert explains how
- Written by: Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University
NASA/ESA/STScI/HubbleOn September 26, after a nine-month journey through the Solar System, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impacted an asteroid called Dimorphos.
NASA scored a bullseye, with DART – roughly the size of a vending machine – hitting Dimorphos within 10% of the 160-metre asteroid’s centre....
