Posted Mar 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM UTC
NASA’s DART actually changed the orbit of an Asteroid around the Sun.
We knew that DART changed the orbit of Dimorphos, but that was orbiting another larger asteroid called Didymos. Now, scientists have determined that the mission actually changed the heliocentric orbit of the entire binary system. Granted, it’s just 10 micrometers per-second, but it’s proof humanity could potentially change the trajectory of a world killer.
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