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In a world first, NASA's DART mission is about to smash into an asteroid. What will we learn?

  • Written by Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University
In a world first, NASA's DART mission is about to smash into an asteroid. What will we learn?Illustration of DART before impact.NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

On September 26 at 11.15pm UTC, NASA’s DART mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) will be the first to deliberately and measurably change the motion of a significant body in our Solar System. In other words, it will smash into an asteroid.

The mission will provide the...

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