Hubble Views Aftermath of DART Asteroid Impact | NASA Goddard

Hubble Views Aftermath of DART Asteroid Impact | NASA Goddard

The DART mission deployed a kinetic impactor to smack the small moon Dimorphos of the asteroid Didymos on the evening of Sept. 26, 2022.

This was an on-orbit demonstration of asteroid deflection, a key test of NASA's kinetic impactor technology, designed to impact an asteroid to adjust its speed and path.  

This particular asteroid moon is NOT a threat to Earth, but is technology being explored to use for when we DO find a potentially hazardous asteroid.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured these extraordinary views of the asteroid moon soon after the successful impact.

For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble 

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Paul Morris: Lead Producer 

Duration: 2 minutes 42 seconds

Release Date: October 3, 2022

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