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An amateur astronomer has compiled new footage from NASA's asteroid-smashing mission to show just how incredible that collision really was.

Wrecker Rally

More than a year later, we're still getting visuals from NASA's badass DART mission. 

Incredible New Videos Show NASA Smashing Into Asteroid

Cracking the lid ofNASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample container is proving harder than expected due to two stuck fasteners.

Cracked Lid

Have they tried a can opener?

NASA's Having Trouble Getting Its Asteroid Sample Open

NASA's Psyche asteroid mission has officially been launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center.

So Metal

Destination: Psyche.

SpaceX Launches NASA Mission to Metallic Asteroid

Nearly a year ago, NASA successfully smashed an asteroid for the first time — but now, the asteroid in question is behaving strangely. 

Yeet Impact

"That was inconsistent at an uncomfortable level."

Something Weird Is Going on With the Asteroid NASA Smashed

Early Warning

"It’s going to rewrite the solar system."

AI Is Now Identifying Killer Asteroids Before They Approach Earth

While NASA keeps upping its budget on its Mars mission, Americans have quietly reported that their priorities don't exactly seem to align.

Martian Mania

These priorities do seem a bit off. 

A Majority of Americans Don’t Care About Mars, Want NASA to Defend Against Killer Asteroids

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the aftermath of the space agency's DART battering ram that smashed into an asteroid last year.

Space Pool

"This is a spectacular observation — much better than I expected."

Hubble Spots Remains of Asteroid NASA Smashed With Battering Ram

Dimorphos' much larger companion asteroid Didymos is spinning so fast that it's capable of ejecting pieces of rubble into deep space.

Premature Ejection

It's spinning extremely fast.

NASA Intrigued by Asteroid That Seems to Be Shooting Rocks Into Space

A group of large asteroids lurking between Mars and Jupiter are an awful lot like the dwarf planet Ceres, and are harboring tons of water.

Rocky Reservoirs

They're nearly as old as our solar system — and may have brought our planet's water.

NASA Astronomers Identify "Dark Asteroids" Brimming With Water

NASA's analysis of Ryugu asteroid samples revealed chemical compounds that support the theory that space dust contains the building blocks for life.

Ryugu Me This

Okay, that's pretty fascinating.

NASA First Look at Japanese Asteroid Samples Reveal the Building Blocks for Life

NASA has gotten a close-up look at a mysteriously-shaped asteroid, which was once believed to be in danger of colliding with the Earth, as it whizzed by.

Mr. Hankey

Woosh!

Strangely Shaped Asteroid Whizzes Past Earth

NASA has announced the accidental discovery of an "extremely small" asteroid by the James Webb Space Telescope — but in space, size is relative. 

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