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In 2021, a spacecraft was launched on a first-ever suicide mission to try to deflect an asteroid on impact in space in the revolutionary planetary defense experiment: How NASA’s DART mission changed an asteroid’s orbit- In 2022, NASA slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid moonlet at 14,000 mph; humanity’s first planetary-defense test shortened its orbit by about 32 minutes
- NASA’s asteroid crash slightly shifted an entire solar orbit
- An asteroid the size of the Golden Gate Bridge is approaching—but should we worry?A large asteroid named 1998 ST27 is approaching Earth. Despite being potentially hazardous, it will pass by at a safe distance of 3,561,149...12 Oct, 2024, 05.07 PM IST
- A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth testThe European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft, launched by SpaceX, is embarking on a mission to examine the asteroid Dimorphos, which was imp...07 Oct, 2024, 09.14 PM IST
- Multiple asteroids may have contributed to dinosaur extinction, scientists revealNew research points to a second asteroid impact possibly contributing to the extinction of dinosaurs, challenging the long-held belief of a...06 Oct, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
- European Space Agency to send spacecraft past Mars for 'crime scene investigation'The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is set to investigate the aftermath of NASA’s DART mission, which successfully deflected the as...04 Oct, 2024, 08.18 AM IST
- Venus has likely signs of life, claims research paper. Details hereSigns of life in Venus planet? A research paper has found elements that are linked to life.01 Aug, 2024, 08.27 AM IST
- NASA had intentionally crashed a spacecraft into this asteroid. What study results showThe DART mission's collision with asteroid moonlet Dimorphos unveiled new details about the Didymos-Dimorphos system. The high-speed impact...31 Jul, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
- Hubble captures a time-lapse movie of DART collision: NASAThe Hubble movie offers invaluable new clues into how the debris was dispersed into a complex pattern in the days following the impact, NAS...04 Mar, 2023, 05.04 PM IST
- NASA's DART mission first step to prevent possible armageddon, say Indian scientistsIn a first-of-its-kind mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid on Tuesday to ...27 Sep, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
- No, it's not a movie! NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid as big as a 'football stadium', Twitter calls it spectacularScientists expected the impact to carve out a crater, hurl streams of rocks and dirt into space.27 Sep, 2022, 12.58 PM IST
- NASA's DART mission successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroidTermed humanity's first test of planetary defence by NASA, the main objective behind the mission was to redirect the asteroid closer to Did...27 Sep, 2022, 10.16 AM IST
- NASA will smash its spacecraft into asteroid Dimorphos; do not miss out on real-time actionNASA has a spacecraft named DART which will collide with the asteroid Dimorphos resulting in a change in its orbit and speeding it up a bit...26 Sep, 2022, 08.39 PM IST
- Asteroid-smashing mission DART's success depends on ground-based telescopes. Find out whyThe action for NASA's DART spacecraft will take place in orbit, but telescopes on Earth are essential to the mission's success. Read on to ...25 Sep, 2022, 12.47 AM IST
- NASA spacecraft DART is set to crash into asteroid. Here's why?NASA plans to strike a minor and harmless asteroid a million miles away. NASA’s spacecraft, named Dart, will zero in on the asteroid to cru...23 Sep, 2022, 11.47 PM IST
- NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraftA spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world'...24 Nov, 2021, 01.54 PM IST
- NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. Here’s how to watch the launchNASA plans to host a livestream of the launch on its YouTube channel starting at 12:30 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday.24 Nov, 2021, 10.33 AM IST
- NASA to launch test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraftA SpaceX rocket was set to blast off from California late Tuesday as NASA seeks to demonstrate a first-of-its-kind planetary defense system...23 Nov, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
- NASA plans to save Earth by knocking asteroid off its orbitWashington, July 9 (IANS) Aiming to show how to protect Earth from a future killer asteroid strike, NASA plans to crash a refrigerator-size...09 Jul, 2017, 06.17 PM IST
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