NASA's dart mission may have altered the shape of asteroid it crashed into | Trending on WION
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Published: Feb 27, 2024, 02:05 IST | Updated: Feb 27, 2024, 02:05 IST
In 2022, when NASA's $325 million spacecraft crashed into an asteroid named Dimorphos at 14,000 miles per hour, cheers and applause erupted back on Earth. A new study using simulations suggests the impact in 2022 transformed the space rock into an M&M-like flat-top oval.
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