A NASA Mission That Collided With An Asteroid Didn't Just Leave A Dent. It Reshaped The Space Rock
Title: NASA Mission Leaves Lasting Impact on Asteroid, Reshapes Space Rock NASA's recent mission to collide with an asteroid has revealed a groundbreaking discovery: the impact did not just leave a dent on the space rock. Instead, it reshaped the asteroid, changing its shape and composition forever.
The NASA mission, known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), was designed to test the agency's ability to deflect asteroids that could potentially collide with Earth.
On September 26, the DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos, a small, rocky ### orbiting a larger asteroid called Didymos.
The impact of the DART spacecraft created a crater on Dimorphos, but it also caused a more significant change: the asteroid's shape. Before the collision, Dimorphos was roughly spherical in shape.
After the impact, scientists observed that the asteroid had become more elongated, with its longer axis pointing towards the direction of the impact.
The NASA mission, known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), was designed to test the agency's ability to deflect asteroids that could potentially collide with Earth.
On September 26, the DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos, a small, rocky ### orbiting a larger asteroid called Didymos.
The impact of the DART spacecraft created a crater on Dimorphos, but it also caused a more significant change: the asteroid's shape. Before the collision, Dimorphos was roughly spherical in shape.
After the impact, scientists observed that the asteroid had become more elongated, with its longer axis pointing towards the direction of the impact.
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