NASA’s DART asteroid-hunting mission can turn disastrous…: Read here why
2 years, 3 months ago

NASA’s DART asteroid-hunting mission can turn disastrous…: Read here why

Live Mint  

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, the world’s first mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, will hit a target asteroid on 26 September. An HT Tech report cited, in their 1964 book Islands in Space: The Challenge of the Planetoids, astronomers Dandridge Cole and Donald Cox envisioned manoeuvring asteroids to serve as the ultimate deterrent, a "planetoid bomb". Cole and Cox wrote that a "captured planetoid" of between 2 kilometres and 8 kilometres in diameter would have the "impact energy equivalent to several million megatons", would create a crater 30 to 80 kilometres in diameter, and "would destroy whole countries through Earth shock effects". A captured planetoid would be the ideal deterrent system", they said, because it could not be de-orbited in less than several hours and "would not be feared by a potential enemy as a surprise attack weapon". Such an attack might even be carried out without much danger of retaliation" because it would be difficult to distinguish from a "natural catastrophe", the report also said.

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Can nuclear blasts protect Earth from incoming asteroids? Scientists use X-rays in first successful test
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Can nuclear blasts protect Earth from incoming asteroids? Scientists use X-rays in first successful test

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers in New Mexico used Sandia National Laboratory’s Z machine, the most powerful laboratory source …

NASA's big statement on astroids threat, no large asteroids identified that could cause damage, but if that happens…
6 months ago

NASA's big statement on astroids threat, no large asteroids identified that could cause damage, but if that happens…

Hindustan Times  

Imagine if scientists found a massive asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting Earth in 14 years—a space rock so large it could obliterate a city and wreak havoc across an entire region. NASA says earth safe from any asteroid threat for the next one century This is the hypothetical scenario that NASA experts, federal emergency managers, and their international …

Week in tech: How a Nasa spacecraft altered an asteroid’s shape
9 months ago

Week in tech: How a Nasa spacecraft altered an asteroid’s shape

Live Mint  

A recap of what made news in the world of science and technology this week. Google fined $272 million in news copyright issue French regulators said on 20 March that tech giant Google was being fined $272 million for breaching commitments on paying media companies for reproducing their content online and using their material for its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini …

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission 'completely reshaped' its target Dimorphos, scientists say
9 months, 3 weeks ago

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission 'completely reshaped' its target Dimorphos, scientists say

ABC  

NASA's successful mission to smash a spacecraft into a small asteroid moon in 2022 is likely to have "completely reshaped" its target, according to new research. Earth's first planetary defence system test NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test intentionally directed a spacecraft into the path of Dimorphos, a tiny moonlet of near-Earth asteroid Didymos, in September 2022. Full impact of NASA's …

Asteroid's sudden flyby shows blind spot in planetary threat detection
1 year, 10 months ago

Asteroid's sudden flyby shows blind spot in planetary threat detection

The Hindu  

The discovery of an asteroid the size of a small shipping truck mere days before it passed Earth on Thursday, albeit one that posed no threat to humans, highlights a blind spot in our ability to predict those that could actually cause damage, astronomers say. NASA for years has prioritised detecting asteroids much bigger and more existentially threatening than 2023 …

Nasa’s Dart mission changed path of asteroid: ‘A defender of the planet’
2 years, 2 months ago

Nasa’s Dart mission changed path of asteroid: ‘A defender of the planet’

The Independent  

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NASA says DART mission succeeded in changing the path of asteroid in space
2 years, 2 months ago

NASA says DART mission succeeded in changing the path of asteroid in space

Live Mint  

US space agency NASA confirmed on Wednesday that its recent attempt to alter the path of an asteroid happened successfully. NASA said that the orbit of 160m-wide space rock known as Dimorphos was changed when the DART probe struck its head in September this year. On Twitter, NASA confirmed that analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by …

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge
2 years, 2 months ago

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

LA Times  

The asteroid Dimorphos is seen as NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, spacecraft flies toward it on Sept. 26, 2022. A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test. “This mission shows that NASA is trying to be ready …

What is NASA's DART mission? Details here in pics
2 years, 2 months ago

What is NASA's DART mission? Details here in pics

Live Mint  

What is NASA's DART mission? Updated: 28 Sep 2022, 11:20 AM IST Share Via Double Asteroid Redirection Test was launched by NASA to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards. 1/7The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission.It is the first Kinetic Impactor Method of planetary defence, where a DART spacecraft …

Explained | The NASA spacecraft-asteroid collision
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | The NASA spacecraft-asteroid collision

The Hindu  

The story so far: On September 27, at 4:44 am IST, the DART spacecraft collided with the space rock Dimorphos. NASA has confirmed that the collision of the auto-rickshaw sized 600 kilogram weighing DART, on the football stadium-sized Dimorphos, about five billion kilogram in mass, has deflected the trajectory of the pair of space rocks. If one can tug a …

Nasa Dart mission: Spacecraft slams into asteroid in first-ever planetary defence effort
2 years, 2 months ago

Nasa Dart mission: Spacecraft slams into asteroid in first-ever planetary defence effort

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, or Dart, slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos at 14,400 miles per …

Nasa DART mission live: Nasa successfully smashes spacecraft into asteroid in first major test
2 years, 2 months ago

Nasa DART mission live: Nasa successfully smashes spacecraft into asteroid in first major test

The Independent  

✕ Close Asteroid strike: NASA craft successfully slams into distant space rock Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa‘s …

NASA DART is first step to avert asteroid strike on Earth: Indian scientists
2 years, 2 months ago

NASA DART is first step to avert asteroid strike on Earth: Indian scientists

Live Mint  

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Tuesday successfully crashed into an asteroid. "NASA's DART mission is a step towards preparing the world for a potential future asteroid strike like the one which killed dinosaurs some 66 million years ago, the chances of which are very slim in our lifetime," Indian scientists said. …

Have you searched NASA DART on Google yet? You ought to. Here’s why
2 years, 2 months ago

Have you searched NASA DART on Google yet? You ought to. Here’s why

Live Mint  

Did you happen to search NASA DART on Google today? If a user types in the word “NASA DART” on the search toolbar of the Search engine's homepage, they will get the search results and a fun animation. Search for 'NASA DART' on Google to see a demonstration of browser, uh, planetary defense," NASA tweeted. Humanity's first attempt to alter …

When we may know if Nasa’s Dart mission successfully deflected asteroid
2 years, 2 months ago

When we may know if Nasa’s Dart mission successfully deflected asteroid

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Over the coming days, weeks, and months, scientists will begin releasing images and …

NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defence test
2 years, 2 months ago

NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defence test

The Hindu  

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on September 26 in a test of the world's first planetary defence system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth. Humanity's first attempt to alter the motion of an asteroid or any celestial body played out in a NASA webcast from the mission operations center …

NASA DART mission: Spacecraft slams into asteroid 9.6 million km away
2 years, 2 months ago

NASA DART mission: Spacecraft slams into asteroid 9.6 million km away

Live Mint  

In an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day when an asteroid threatens Earth, a NASA spacecraft crashed into an asteroid at breakneck speed early on September 27. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a vending machine-sized spacecraft that was launched in November, used novel navigational techniques created by the mission manager and spacecraft builder, Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory. DART …

NASA DART Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid In World First Planetary Defence Test History Is Made
2 years, 2 months ago

NASA DART Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid In World First Planetary Defence Test History Is Made

ABP News  

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft has made history by crashing into an asteroid, marking the successful completion of the world's first planetary defence test. pic.twitter.com/2qbVMnqQrD — NASA September 26, 2022 All About DART's Target Before DART’s impact with Dimorphos, the asteroid orbited Didymos, the other asteroid in the binary system. Though Dimorphos posed no threat to Earth, DART was …

NASA's DART Spacecraft To Crash Into Asteroid In A Few Hours From Now. When And How To Watch Online All You Need To Know Explained
2 years, 2 months ago

NASA's DART Spacecraft To Crash Into Asteroid In A Few Hours From Now. When And How To Watch Online All You Need To Know Explained

ABP News  

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft is set to crash into an asteroid in a few hours from now, and the whole world can watch the exciting spectacle. pic.twitter.com/XCBtdsgVV0 — Bill Nelson September 26, 2022 When And How To Watch DART's Collision With An Asteroid The world can watch the world's first planetary defence test online. Though the asteroid will …

NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears its target
2 years, 2 months ago

NASA’s asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft nears its target

The Hindu  

Ten months after launch, NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART spacecraft neared a planned impact with its target on Monday in a test of the world's first planetary defense system, designed to prevent a doomsday collision with Earth. Dimorphos and Didymos are both tiny compared with the cataclysmic Chicxulub asteroid that struck Earth some 66 million years ago, wiping out about three-quarters of …

Explained: NASA's 'save the world' experiment which will see a spacecraft crash into an asteroid
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained: NASA's 'save the world' experiment which will see a spacecraft crash into an asteroid

Firstpost  

NASA plans to crash a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. The aim is just to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock — demonstrating that if a killer asteroid ever heads our way, we’d stand a fighting chance of diverting it Cape Canaveral: In the first-of-its-kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to …

EXPLAINER: Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid
2 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. DART, THE IMPACTOR Johns Hopkins …

Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid Monday
2 years, 3 months ago

Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid Monday

LA Times  

This illustration depicts NASA’s DART probe, foreground right, and Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube, bottom right, before impact with the asteroid Dimorphos, left. DART, the impactor Johns Hopkins took a minimalist approach in developing DART — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — given that it’s essentially a battering ram and faces sure destruction. An illustration depicts NASA’s DART probe on …

NASA spacecraft to collide with asteroid on this date. How to watch it live?
2 years, 3 months ago

NASA spacecraft to collide with asteroid on this date. How to watch it live?

Hindustan Times  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration will conduct a defence test against any imaginable asteroid collision with Earth on September 26. The US space agency claims it to be the world’s first planetary defence test – Double Asteroid Redirection Test – and plans to livestream for the public on its media platforms. The DART mission is a key test that …

NASA to crash spacecraft on asteroid to divert its movement: Where to watch
2 years, 4 months ago

NASA to crash spacecraft on asteroid to divert its movement: Where to watch

Live Mint  

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, the world’s first mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, will hit a target asteroid on 26 September. DART will provide important data to help better prepare for an asteroid that might pose an impact hazard to Earth, should one ever be discovered, NASA said about the mission in …

Nasa to crash its Dart spacecraft into asteroid on September 26
2 years, 4 months ago

Nasa to crash its Dart spacecraft into asteroid on September 26

India Today  

Travelling in the darkness of space, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test is ready to rendezvous with its target and on September 26 engineers will intentionally crash it into an asteroid to test a unique technology that could be employed if an asteroid is hurtling towards Earth. The spacecraft will impact a known asteroid that is not a threat to Earth …

Nasa spacecraft set to hit asteroid opens eyes in space, beams back first images
3 years ago

Nasa spacecraft set to hit asteroid opens eyes in space, beams back first images

India Today  

Two weeks after it launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft has come to life in space. The probe beamed back first images of deep space as it heads to asteroid Dimorphos to demonstrate a new planetary defence system. OPENING EYES IN SPACE The spacecraft opened the circular door covering the aperture …

NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept
3 years, 1 month ago

NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket …

NASA launches DART spacecraft that will deliberately crash into asteroid. Here's why
3 years, 1 month ago

NASA launches DART spacecraft that will deliberately crash into asteroid. Here's why

India TV News  

Highlights The DART mission lifted off at 1.21 a.m. EST It is the first mission to test technologies for preventing impact on Earth by a hazardous asteroid "Asteroid Dimorphos: we're coming for you!" NASA said on Twitter The DART mission lifted off at 1.21 a.m. EST, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, NASA …

NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept
3 years, 1 month ago

NASA launches DART spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept

LA Times  

The DART spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, is seen Tuesday from Simi Valley after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base. NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. The DART spacecraft, …

Explained: Why is Nasa intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid
3 years, 1 month ago

Explained: Why is Nasa intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid

India Today  

When the Dart mission launches on November 24, scientists will be on their toes to attempt a first of its kind event in deep space - crashing a spacecraft purposely in an asteroid. As the spacecraft hits the celestial object, scientists are hoping it will change the orbit of the asteroid and demonstrate a unique planetary defence system. The Didymos …

Nasa's spacecraft to deflect asteroid goes into final checks, launch in late November
3 years, 2 months ago

Nasa's spacecraft to deflect asteroid goes into final checks, launch in late November

India Today  

Days after scientists launched a probe towards trojan asteroid swarms surrounding Jupiter, Nasa is gearing up for a major asteroid mission. Scientists will launch the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft to demonstrate the capability of deflecting an incoming asteroid towards Earth. The spacecraft reached Vandenberg Space Force Base from where it will be launched towards a binary asteroid system Didymos, …

Nasa will crash a spacecraft into this asteroid to slow it down by 1%
3 years, 3 months ago

Nasa will crash a spacecraft into this asteroid to slow it down by 1%

India Today  

Remember the Bruce Willis starred Armageddon, where a group of rag-tag amateur astronauts launched on a mission to deflect an asteroid headed towards Earth? The DART mission will target an asteroid as engineers and astronomers aim to create a defence system able to deflect potential asteroids headed towards Earth in future. "The DART mission is Nasa’s first planetary defence test …

Nasa asteroid simulation ends in unavoidable disaster for Earth
3 years, 7 months ago

Nasa asteroid simulation ends in unavoidable disaster for Earth

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “These exercises ultimately help the planetary defence community communicate with each other and with our governments to …

Nasa names asteroid it will use as target practice to keep planet safe from impact
4 years, 6 months ago

Nasa names asteroid it will use as target practice to keep planet safe from impact

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Dimorphos, which means ‘two forms,’ reflects the status of this object as the first celestial body to …

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