NASA's DART mission successfully altered the shape of an asteroid by crashing into it, as part of planetary defense efforts. Radar astronomers are advocating for improved tools to track and understand asteroids near Earth, potentially hazardous to the planet. JPL scientists used a radio antenna to image a large asteroid's rotation, size, shape, and surface. The asteroid moon Dimorphos may have been reshaped following NASA's impact. Recent studies suggest that the asteroid, initially hit by NASA, is now healing and reforming its surface.
Analyzing images from a close flyby of DART’s asteroid impact https://t.co/aE4hW78DMQ
#NASA took these radar images of an #asteroid that passed close to Earth https://t.co/EX8ZCoJ6Tj
“Asteroid Struck by a Spacecraft Might Be 'Healing' as Its Surface Reforms” Article: https://t.co/lJ3GRns0N5
NASA radar images show stadium-sized asteroid tumbling by Earth during flyby (photos) https://t.co/y1iR8S6Ks1 https://t.co/A5XwbZzdqm
The Asteroid NASA Smashed Is Now Healing, Scientists Suggest https://t.co/jWPa93KY2g
Yes, astronomers found some colossal "planet-killer" asteroids. No, they're not headed to Earth. https://t.co/Q93FvBsIzs
NASA's Mission Not Only Altered Asteroid's Path, But Its Shape Too, Says New Study https://t.co/FUpgQNsCHt https://t.co/Bk5ZHLkyxQ
The Asteroid Dimorphos Looks Totally Different After NASA's DART Mission Walloped It https://t.co/GT76ujVlyp https://t.co/cXLSqEt1is
Radar could help scientists find potentially threatening asteroids. Here's how https://t.co/8sOS2AE0pQ https://t.co/OVs1cOXgtn
In 2022, #NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an #asteroid. Now astronomers have found that the impact may have reshaped the asteroid significantly. https://t.co/w0AckIaNFc
NASA's Crash Into an Asteroid May Have Altered Its Shape https://t.co/GeyK1kecRO
NASA Hit An Asteroid So Hard It Completely Changed Its Shape https://t.co/fjY7SbmRcF
The asteroid moon Dimorphos may have been reshaped following the impact from NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), according to a paper published in @NatureAstronomy. https://t.co/qqIuf9iZ7X https://t.co/RLxN8Nlf8g
A large asteroid safely drifted past Earth at about 2.9 million km on Feb. 2 – and JPL scientists used a powerful radio antenna at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone facility in California to image its slow rotation, size, shape, and surface: https://t.co/xCekdXj5Ro https://t.co/A7w461YmpT
A NASA spacecraft managed to alter an asteroid's shape by crashing into it as part of the DART planetary defense mission, a new study announced Monday. @AaronReich reports >>>> https://t.co/Y0NSmSqjiA
NASA's asteroid-impacting DART mission completely changed the shape of its target https://t.co/3st3nH9Z9g https://t.co/7L90gWIPYP
Radar astronomers are lobbying for a powerful new tool that would be able to track and understand the asteroids nearest Earth—especially any that might one day hit humanity’s home planet https://t.co/7XbvWbL06D 👇
Radio telescopes could spot asteroids with unprecedented detail. They would need radar to do it https://t.co/2Ak1IyX7Es 👇