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Nudging a space rock

the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft ended its existence in spectacular fashion by smashing into the asteroid Dimorphos. Many of us watched spellbound as DART’s cameras fixed upon the approaching target. At first, we saw only Dimorphos’ larger orbital companion, 65803 Didymos, as a bright pixel, but soon it resolved into two objects. In the final).

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