We Punched an Asteroid, and the Science Results are In

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) worked better than we had hoped!

Artist’s conception of the DART spacecraft on a collision course with asteroid Dimorphos. Source: Alejo Miranda, via Shutterstock.

On September 26, 2022, NASA completed its DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission, a groundbreaking effort to study the feasibility of deflecting asteroids that could potentially impact Earth. NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with…