Image of asteroid Dinkinesh captured by Lucy’s high-resolution camera, the L’LORRI instrument. The brightest star in the field of view is HD 34258, a 7.6 magnitude star in the constellation…
Studies published in the Nature journal have revealed new details about the DART spacecraft’s successful impact. Observations of ejected debris and calculations of the asteroid Dimorphos’ orbital changes confirm that…
This article was originally published on b612foundation.org on February 15, 2023. Written by: Stuart Clark On the ten-year anniversary of the Chelyabinsk event, we asked esteemed science journalist Stuart Clark…
Courtesy of Western University’s (Canada) Rob Weryk According to NASA, its first demonstration of an asteroid deflection technique was successful. For the very first time in history, humanity managed to…
Mission Operations Center at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. watch and cheer as the DART spacecraft is in its final moments before impact. NASA’s DART spacecraft…