In a world first, NASA's DART mission is about to smash into an asteroid. What will we learn?
- Written by: Steven Tingay, John Curtin Distinguished Professor (Radio Astronomy), Curtin University
Illustration of DART before impact.NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve GribbenOn September 26 at 11.15pm UTC, NASA’s DART mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) will be the first to deliberately and measurably change the motion of a significant body in our Solar System. In other words, it will smash into an asteroid.
The mission will provide the...