New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn’t just change the motion of Dimorphos around its larger companion, Didymos; the crash also shifted the orbit of both asteroids around the Sun. Linked together by gravity, Didymos and Dimorphos orbit each […]
Category:
DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), Asteroids, Astronomy, Didymos & Dimorphos, Planetary Defense, Planetary Defense Coordination Office, Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA)
Posted on
March 6, 2026
Sign up for our newsletter:
Categories
5
1
280
233
1
10
69
1
62
133
17
1
33
12
10
22
10
7
3
2
18
4
5
34
11
10
18
1
3
27
19
9
113
14
1
1
55
11
4
1
1
386
41
26
1
15
19
37
6
661
48
13
221
6
3
8
7
18
1
1
13
1
17
2
6
1
6
1
170
41
17
1
3
1
46
10
112
1
152
29
202
3
107
1
13
3
67
36
105
11
210
3
1
6
299
46
2
30
1
54
4
46
2
11
2
1
3
2
1
1
10
159
1
30
45
5
1
1
2
2
95
371
3
13
114
13
141
50
14
1
4
14
2
1
20
3
1
3
3
1
187
136
1
100
14
2
1
7
3
1
1
16
14
1
10
21
2
6
1
388
10
361
1
17
405
11
2
1
45
34
3
3
3
1
58
1
2
21
38
6
1
4
2
29
4
2
1
7
6
1
Blog Posts
NASA Modernizes Commercial Airline Systems
September 24, 2026
NASA Welcomes Croatia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
September 23, 2026
NASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission Class
September 23, 2026