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Up to 20 metres wide. but this should also give the rock a kick which will speed up its orbit. and this can be monitored from the earth to see if its worked. all you really need is a nudge, because the distances youre going and the speeds youre going, a tiny change in direction can result in a huge change in how far its going to miss the earth. and that could be vital. a 160 metre wide rock like diomorphos could be catastrophic for populated areas. bigger asteroids that are kilometres across hav...

An asteroid off course. its like something out of a movie. its like something out of a movie. it is, but it is going to happen! well have to wait ten months to find out if the missile, called dart, hits the target. theyre testing technology which may be needed if an asteroid is ever heading towards earth, as our science correspondent rebecca morelle explains. its a first for nasa. sending a spacecraft to an asteroid to crash into it and knock it off course. this rock doesnt pose any danger to ou...

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Theyre about to launch the "falcon nine" rocket. when that reaches space it will release a craft called dart. in about ten months, dart will then smash into a huge rock called dimorphos to see how much its speed and path can be altered. the idea is to test out technology that might one day be needed to push a dangerous asteroid off course if its headed for earth. we can speak now to dr becky smethurst, an astrophysicist from the university of oxford. we can also see, becky, pictures, the rocket ...

Pictures from a nasa mission which has just launched pictures from a nasa mission which hasjust launched in pictures from a nasa mission which has just launched in the last couple of minutes, this is the double asteroid redirection test which will take place over the next year. this subsequent spacecraft will then try to nudge the asteroid in space to see whether it can do that. have we ever done anything like this before, doctor? . , ., , ., doctor? recently, we actually landed a craft on the �...

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