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NASA says DART’s planetary defense & asteroid collision test would help earth deflect an asteroid, should one ever happen in the future.

Scientists want to know if a spacecraft can deflect an asteroid for planetary defense. The asteroid poses no threat to Earth.

If an asteroid was hurtling towards Earth, like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, could we stop it? That's what NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (or DART) is trying to work out.

Asteroid Didymos is not at risk of hitting Earth, but NASA is testing whether slamming into it with the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft can throw it off course.

The DART spacecrafts tiny companion is ready to photograph a brand-new impact site Monday night (Sept. 26).

Scientists want to know if a spacecraft can deflect an asteroid for planetary defense. The asteroid poses no threat to Earth.

Scientists want to know if a spacecraft can deflect an asteroid for planetary defense. The asteroid poses no threat to Earth.

Scientists want to know if a spacecraft can deflect an asteroid for planetary defense. The asteroid poses no threat to Earth.

Scientists want to know if a spacecraft can deflect an asteroid for planetary defense. The asteroid poses no threat to Earth.

Scientists want to know if a spacecraft can deflect an asteroid for planetary defense. The asteroid poses no threat to Earth.