“At First, We Thought Something Was Wrong” – NASA DART Mission Reveals a Cosmic Snowball Fight

Images from NASA’s DART mission revealed the first direct evidence that asteroids in a binary system can exchange rocks and dust. Slow moving debris from the asteroid Didymos appears to have struck its moon Dimorphos, leaving distinctive streaks scientists describe as “cosmic snowballs.” Around 15% of asteroids that pass near Earth have a smaller moon [...]

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