Dart mission succeeded in altering asteroid trajectory: Nasa

Nasa says a mission to nudge a distant asteroid off course succeeded, showcasing a potential new method for saving Earth from dangerous space rocks that astronomers might identify in the future. The spacecraft, which is about the size of a refrigerator, slammed into an asteroid called Dimorphos at 14,000 miles per hour on September 26.

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