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Move over, Bruce Willis: NASA crashed into an asteroid to test planetary defense

This illustration shows the DART spacecraft approaching the two asteroids, Didymos and Dimorphos, with a small observing spacecraft nearby. (Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)
This illustration shows the DART spacecraft approaching the two asteroids, Didymos and Dimorphos, with a small observing spacecraft nearby. (Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)

This article was originally published on September 26, 2022.

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