NASA’s DART Mission Confirms Ability to Deflect Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission has recently confirmed its ability to deflect potentially hazardous asteroids. This is a major breakthrough in planetary defense, as it provides a way to protect Earth from any asteroids that may be on a collision course with our planet. The DART mission was launched in June 2021 and is the first-ever mission to demonstrate the capability to deflect an asteroid. The mission targeted a binary asteroid system known as Didymos, which consists of two asteroids orbiting each other. The larger of the two