NASA’s DART impact permanently changed the shape and orbit of asteroid moon

NASA’s DART impact permanently changed the shape and orbit of asteroid moon

When NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft collided with an asteroid moon called Dimorphos in 2022, the moon was significantly deformed — creating a large crater and reshaping it so dramatically that the moon derailed from its original evolutionary progression — according to a new study. The study’s researchers believe that Dimorphos may start … Read more