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NASA’s DART: Humanity’s first planetary defence system test

NASA’s DART: Humanity’s first planetary defence system test

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NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft is scheduled to crash into the asteroid Dimorphos at approximately 7.14 PM EDT on September 26 (4.44 AM IST on September 27). The mission will test a method that could be used to redirect asteroids that pose a threat to our planet. Using the impact of a massive […]

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Notorious asteroid ‘Apophis’ used to test planetary defence system

Notorious asteroid ‘Apophis’ used to test planetary defence system

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To test the operational readiness of planetary defence systems, researchers sometimes use a real asteroid’s close approach as a mock encounter with a new potentially hazardous asteroid. The lessons learnt from these mock exercises could help limit or even prevent global devastation if such a situation actually arises in the future. Scientists used the infamous […]

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