NASA is about to crash a spacecraft into a distant asteroid in a first-of-its-kind planetary defense test, and you can watch a live feed of the event.
DART's Impact with Asteroid Dimorphos NOTE: NASA is offering two feeds of the event — read on for more details.
To be clear, NASA’s target asteroid, Dimorphos, poses no threat to Earth. This is merely an effort to determine the viability of such a process if we do ever spot a large asteroid on a collision course with Earth. When DART smashes into Dimorphos at a location about 6.8 million miles from Earth, telescopes here on the ground will analyze the asteroid’s orbit to see if it has changed in any way.
But as the moment of impact draws closer, the point of light will get bigger and eventually detailed asteroids will be visible.
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