NASA Successfully Alters Asteroid’s Orbit in Landmark Planetary Defense Test
San Francisco, CA – In a landmark achievement for planetary defense, scientists have confirmed that NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission successfully altered the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos. The intentional collision, conducted in September 2022, represents the first time humanity has demonstrably shifted the orbital path of a celestial body. This groundbreaking experiment, while … Read more