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Debris ejected from the DART impact helped give asteroid Dimorphos an extra push

06 Mar 2023
DART impact of Dimorphos
Impact zone: snapshots of the impact taken by Hubble show the evolution of the ejecta streams in the hours and days after DART impacted Dimorphos. (Courtesy: NASA, ESA, STScI, Jian-Yang Li (PSI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI)).
The impact of a spacecraft into the asteroid Dimorphos last year changed the asteroid’s orbital pe

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