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Goal was to alter asteroid’s orbit in test of technology that could defend Earth in the future

It will be days or weeks before we know how much the asteroid’s path was changed

Astrophiles and professionals celebrated humanity’s accomplishment at hitting a speeding space rock with a probe the size of a vending machine

NASA's $330 million DART mission spacecraft successfully collided with its target asteroid Dimorphos in an attempt to change the cosmic object's trajectory.

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Monday, NASA successfully executed an experimental mission to deviate an earth-bound sizeable space rock to prevent it from hitting the planet. At 7:14 p.m. ET, mission control

A NASA spacecraft has rammed an asteroid in an unprecedented test to see if a potentially menacing space rock could be knocked off course. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles away Monday. 

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NASA’s first planetary defense test, known as DART, sent a spacecraft crashing into an asteroid at 14,000 mph to knock it off course. In the coming weeks scientists will study the effectiveness of the impact and if it holds promise for future missions.

Detected early enough, a threatening space rock might be safely deflected | Science & technology

NASAs DART spacecraft struck a 170-metre wide asteroid last night. MailOnline takes a look at some of the wackiest other techniques proposed that could save Earth from collision with a space rock.