After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed and its orbit has shrunk. When NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) deliberately smashed into a 560-foot-wide (170-meter-wide) asteroid on Sept. 26, 2022, it made its mark in more ways than one. The demonstration showed […]
Category:
DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), Asteroids, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Modeling, Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA), Planetary Defense, Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Posted on
March 19, 2024
Sign up for our newsletter:
Categories
11
4
1
1
14
1
7
55
6
15
17
41
6
1
37
6
663
41
13
17
46
1
1
6
3
8
19
1
3
29
13
1
202
2
107
1
11
170
106
10
112
1
3
1
3
1
6
13
152
46
3
1
67
36
300
211
2
11
2
1
2
30
1
30
5
2
4
46
55
1
95
55
13
114
1
10
1
3
14
1
159
20
45
1
101
13
141
14
1
2
3
2
372
3
187
2
2
14
1
4
3
3
1
3
17
1
1
6
1
389
136
1
1
7
59
10
35
3
3
1
1
1
14
1
362
21
2
1
10
1
46
18
8
407
11
2
233
1
2
5
1
3
281
133
4
2
1
1
21
38
10
6
1
4
2
29
6
1
23
3
69
1
62
17
1
33
12
10
7
19
9
10
34
11
1
2
19
4
5
27
11
386
18
26
1
3
19
113
48
222
Blog Posts
NASA Highlights Lessons Learned From Swift Boost Mission
September 28, 2026
NASA Celebrates as Artemis Accords Surpasses 75 Signatories
September 28, 2026
Meet NASA’s Artemis II Crew During Houston Public Event
September 28, 2026