September 28, 2022
Astronomer Matthew Pryal of the University of Virginia was among the many excited onlookers who checked out NASA’s livestream Monday to witness the space program perform the seemingly impossible feat of striking a moving asteroid from 6.8 million miles away. The Earth was never in danger. Instead, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, served as a demonstration in the interest of future planetary defense. Read more here: Q&A: ASTRONOMER DISCUSSES SUCCESSFUL DART TEST, AVOIDING FUTURE ‘ARMAGEDDON’
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