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Nasa spacecraft collision with asteroid expelled over 1,000 tons of dust
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoThe deliberate collision of Nasa’s Dart spacecraft with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos is estimated...
Nasa’s Dart asteroid impact mission reveals forces of planetary creation and destruction
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoUnderstanding why the material of asteroids reacts more like water than gravel when struck by a...
The universe’s biggest explosions made some of the elements we are composed of. But there’s another...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoNasa/Swift/Cruz deWilde After its “birth” in the Big Bang, the universe consisted mainly of hydrogen...
NASA is slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday to test planetary defence
CBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years ago(UPDATE: NASA's DART spacecraft struck Asteroid Dimorphos on Monday. Full story is here.) On Monday,...
Images of Nasa’s Dart spacecraft’s asteroid impact from around - and off - the world
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoOn Monday, Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or Dart, made history as the first spacecraft to...
Mystery crater potentially caused by relative of dinosaur-killing asteroid
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoKevin Gill/Flickr, CC BY-SA The ocean floor is famously less explored than the surface of Mars. And...
Smart telescopes offer a 'transformative' experience for citizen scientists
The Week via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoScott Kardel. Courtesy of Scott Kardel Scott Kardel is seeing the night sky in a whole new way. An...
Astronomers document a not-so-super supernova in the Milky Way
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoSupernovas are not always so super. Scientists on Wednesday detailed one of the duds - a massive...
Studies show how asteroid-bashing spacecraft was 'phenomenally successful'
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoNASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos at a spot between two boulders during...
Amateur stargazers recognized for their part in confirming DART mission's success
The Week via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe final images of the DART mission. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Amateur astronomers came in...