A computer model simulated the DART spacecraft colliding with the asteroid Dimorphos.CreditCredit…Raducan et al., Nature
Dimorphos’s response is “completely outside of the realm of physics as we understand it” in our day-to-day lives, said Cristina Thomas, the lead of the mission’s observations working group at Northern Arizona University who was not involved with the study. And “this has overarching implications for planetary defense.”
DART showed that a tiny spacecraft can deflect an asteroid. But the… Read more
