What’s Next After DART Probe? Where Did the Shrapnel Resulting From Dimorphos Crash Go?

Medicine & Technology Sep 01, 2023

NASA will launch an NEO Surveyor to find near-Earth objects the size of Dimorphos in 2028. Continue reading to learn more.

NASA Accidentally Causes Dimorphos Boulder Swarm As Deadly as Hiroshima During DART Mission

Aug 09, 2023

During its DART mission, NASA caused a boulder swarm when it tried to knock asteroid Dimorphos. Continue reading to learn more.

NASA DART Spacecraft Crashed In Asteroid Dimorphos Resulting Into 37 Boulders Ejected Amid First Ever Planetary Defense Test Mission

Jul 25, 2023

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was launched in November 2021; and by 2024, the ESA's Hera probe is expected to make its way to the Dimorphos crash site. Read to learn more.

NASA Releases Incredible Photos of DART Crashing 520-Foot Asteroid Dimorphos

Mar 24, 2023

NASA shared photos of when DART collided with a giant asteroid for its planetary defense test. Read the article for more details.

James Webb, Hubble Telescopes Reveal First Images of DART's Impact on Dimorphos

Sep 30, 2022

The first images of the DART deliberately smashing an asteroid showed that the impact may have been greater than expected. Read the article to learn more.

NASA's DART Successfully Completes First Planetary Defense Test; Images of the Spacecraft's Asteroid Crash Revealed

Sep 27, 2022

LILIACube released a set of images yesterday afternoon that exhibit a before-and-after comparison of an asteroid system from NASA’s DART. Read to know more.

High-Tech Simulator Shows What Could Happen if NASA's DART Mission Fails, Potential Damage of an Asteroid Impact

Sep 26, 2022

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is on a mission to find out if an asteroid on the course of hitting Earth could be stopped. Read the article to know what could happen if this mission fails.

NASA James Webb, Hubble Space Telescopes To Attempt Monitoring DART as It Slams Into Dimorphos

Sep 24, 2022

DART mission will be captured by James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope. Scientists are hoping that these telescopes will be able to capture a significant event in space history. Read on for more details.

NASA Plans to Visit Potentially Hazardous Space Rock Reaching Earth by 2029

Apr 13, 2022

Experts found that an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building will visit Earth in 2029. Learn more about the event, and how NASA plans to study space rock.

NASA Launches DART Mission to Nudge Asteroid Off Course

Nov 24, 2021

The goal of NASA's planetary defense experiment is to ram the DART vehicle into a rock and alter its trajectory in order to assess the viability of diverting additional items that may be heading tragically toward the earth.

First-Ever Anti-Asteroid Defense Spacecraft DART Launching Soon Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9; Expected to Target Didymos Moonlet

Nov 17, 2021

NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is expected to launch DART aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to manage the direction of Didymos' moonlet, Dimorphos.

Will Crashing Into an Asteroid Change its Course? NASA Plans to Test This Theory In Case of a Real-Life Armageddon

Nov 04, 2021

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is off to an exciting mission: to crash into an asteroid to change its course. The team has a launch window in February 2022 after a delay in November.

Asteroid '2021 UA1' Passed Through Skies of Antarctica Undetected; Why Did NASA Miss It?

Oct 31, 2021

A new asteroid called 2021 UA1 passed 3,000 kilometers above Earth undetected. The distance recorded was closer than the moon's gap from Earth.

Asteroid Deflection: NASA, ESA Prepare for the Space Occurrence

Jun 28, 2021

DART member, Professor Alan Fitzsimmons will explain at the upcoming World Asteroid Day, an online event, the details of an international experimental asteroid deflection.