Asteroid diversion mission

An asteroid hits the Earth. Illustration: depositphotos.com

NASA faces a (theoretical) 72% chance of an asteroid impact

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NASA's biennial exercises simulate an asteroid impact to prepare international response strategies. These scenarios use real data to test emergency preparedness and explore diversion techniques like the DART mission
Illustration of the crater created during the collision between the DART spacecraft and the Dimorphos asteroid. In the background: the European HERA spacecraft and its nanosatellites (CubeSats) in follow-up research. Credit: ESA Science Office

repel the asteroid

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Technion researchers are partners in the HERA space mission: first attempt in history to divert an asteroid from its orbit
This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope from Oct. 8, 2022, shows debris blasted off the surface of Dimorphus 285 hours after the spacecraft's intentional impact with the asteroid on Sept. 26. The shape of the tail has changed over time. Scientists continue to study the material ejected from the asteroid as impact and how it moves through space, to better understand the asteroid. Credits: NASA/ESA/STScI/Hubble

NASA confirms that the DART impact significantly changed the asteroid's trajectory

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The duration of Dimorphos' orbit of the asteroid Didamos was shortened by about half an hour
Illustration of the DART mission to divert an asteroid. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

NASA's DART spacecraft is aimed at impacting the target asteroid Dimorphos with the aim of deflecting it on September 26

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DART, which is the world's first attempt to change the speed and trajectory of an asteroid in space, is trying a method to deflect asteroids that could be useful if such a need arises in the future to protect Earth.
A shower of asteroid fragments on Earth. Image: depositphotos.com

A large impact crater under the North Atlantic Ocean reveals - the deadly asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was not alone

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A large impact crater under the North Atlantic Ocean reveals - the deadly asteroid was not alone
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