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Boulders Ejected by DART Impact Could Create Chaos in Future Planetary Defense Plans
When NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft collided with the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, ...
Deflecting asteroids isn't as easy as scientists previously thought
When NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with a small asteroid moon in late 2022, the impact made history. It was the first ...
Crashing into an asteroid creates chaotic space boulders
In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...
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NASA's DART Mission Uncovers Surprising Results from Asteroid Impact
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Massive boulders ejected during DART mission may complicate future asteroid deflection efforts
When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9d
The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Its First Direct Image Discovery of an Exoplanet
Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...
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Webb’s Mid-Infrared Breakthrough Unveils Young Saturn-Mass Exoplanet Sculpting Its Own Debris Disk
How light is light? The James Webb Space Telescope has just been able to directly image a planet so light and faint that, in ...
Sonic Booms in the Sky: How Scientists Use “Bolides” To Improve Planetary Defense
Faint booms from space help track incoming debris. But the path matters more than you think. Earth gains a little mass each year as space dust rains down from above, adding thousands of metric tons to ...
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Debris Disks and Planetary Systems - Nature
Debris disks are circumstellar structures composed of dust and rocky debris generated by collisions among planetesimals and other small bodies. These disks offer a direct window into the dynamical ...
NASA detects new planet with temperatures that suggest habitable conditions
The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...
Webb Telescope Just Did Something It’s Never Done Before—and Astronomers Are Thrilled
The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...
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Debris Disks and Planetary Systems - Nature
The graph below shows the total number of publications each year in Debris Disks and Planetary Systems. References [1] New Horizons Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter Observes Higher than ...