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Can we safely deflect a killer asteroid without making it worse? Only if we avoid the gravitational 'keyhole,' scientists say
If we slam an impactor into an asteroid in exactly the wrong spot, the space rock may pass through a "gravitational keyhole" ...
Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid ...
Asteroid deflection could backfire if the impact shoves the rock into a cosmic keyhole, a hidden trapdoor in space.
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system on Sept. 26, ...
CHICAGO -- A NASA spacecraft has intentionally slammed into an asteroid in humanity's first test of planetary defense. The impact occurred at 7:15 p.m. ET greeted by cheers from the mission team in ...
When a massive asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, the solution seems straightforward; smash a spacecraft into it and knock it off course.
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DART spacecraft's asteroid impact informs new planetary defense strategy
When engineers at a control center in Turin, Italy, sent a faint radio signal into space, they set off a world-first ...
New research warns that if we don't hit an asteroid in exactly the right spot, it could end up on a collision course with ...
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