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Scientists found that NASA's DART spacecraft ejected a massive barrage of boulders when it bashed into asteroid Dimorphos in 2022.

Remember That Asteroid NASA Deflected in a Test of Saving Earth? We Have Bad News

By Victor Tangermann

The Hera mission is officially underway to investigate the aftereffects of DART, NASA's successful planetary defense test.

Europe Deploys Spacecraft to Investigate Extraterrestrial “Crash Scene”

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Boulders that were released after NASA's DART spacecraft collided with asteroid Dimorphos could eventually smash into Mars.

Debris From NASA Smashing Asteroid Could Strike Mars, Scientists Find

By Victor Tangermann

In September 2022, NASA intentionally smashed its DART spacecraft into a tiny asteroid called Dimorphos. It may now be "healing."

The Asteroid NASA Smashed Is Now Healing, Scientists Suggest

By Victor Tangermann

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

Incredible New Videos Show NASA Smashing Into Asteroid

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

Something Weird Is Going on With the Asteroid NASA Smashed

By Noor Al-Sibai

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

Hubble Spots Remains of Asteroid NASA Smashed With Battering Ram

By Victor Tangermann

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

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

By Victor Tangermann

NASA is very pleased with just how much material was released when it intentionally smashed its DART spacecraft into an asteroid in September.

NASA Pleased With the Degree to Which It Kicked This Asteroid’s A**

By Victor Tangermann

NASA has announced that after successfully smashing its Double Asteroid Reduction Test (DART) into an asteroid, the space rock ejected two comet tails.

Asteroid NASA Smashed a Spacecraft Into Grew Two “Unexpected” Tails

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is declaring the demonstration of its DART spacecraft smashing into an asteroid a full success, having considerably changed its trajectory.

NASA Says Its Test of Asteroid Deflection Tech Was Wildly Successful

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's DART collision created a massive cloud of space debris, which was captured by observatories — and the resulting images are absolutely breathtaking.

The Devastation From NASA’s Asteroid Collision Looks Unbelievable

By Victor Tangermann

The Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have teamed up, for the first time, to capture outstanding views of NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission.

Webb and Hubble Release Amazing Views of NASA’s Asteroid Collision

By Noor Al-Sibai

New photos show exactly how big of a chunk NASA's asteroid battering ram took out of a flying space rock yesterday in its DART mission.

Images Show Huge Plume of Debris as NASA Probe Smashes Asteroid

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's asteroid smashing DART mission was so successful, its impact could be seen from the surface of the Earth — and we have the footage.

Video Shows NASA Spacecraft Smashing Asteroid From Earth’s View

By Noor Al-Sibai

A NASA mission known as DART slammed into an asteroid just moments ago, in a test of tech to defect a killer asteroid from Earth.

NASA Slams Spacecraft Into Asteroid to Test Earth Saving Tech

By Jon Christian