NASA's asteroid smashing DART mission was so successful, its impact could be seen from the surface of the Earth — and we have the footage.
Though Dimorphos, the impacted part of the Didymos asteroid pair, presented no threat to Earth, this first test of DART's capabilities was an important first step in seeing if NASA's car-sized asteroid defense craft could help stave off others that could wreak major havoc if they make landfall.effusive NASA scientists were
about it, calling it "beautiful to watch" — it seems likely that DART accomplished its goal, though we're still holding out for data showing how the impact affected the pair's trajectory. "Humanity one, asteroid zero," one NASA presenter said on the agency's live stream of the in-orbit wrecking ball.
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