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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 it's worked. all you really need is a nudge, because the distances you're going and the speeds you're going, a tiny change in direction can result in a huge change in how far it's 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 have the potential to devastate the planet. the hope is this mission will show us if it's possible ...

An asteroid off course. it's like something out of a movie. it's like something out of a movie. it is, but it is going to happen! we'll have to wait ten months to find out if the missile, called dart, hits the target. they're testing technology which may be needed if an asteroid is ever heading towards earth, as our science correspondent rebecca morelle explains. it's a first for nasa. sending a spacecraft to an asteroid to crash into it and knock it off course. this rock doesn't pose any danger to our planet, but the dart mission is a test of technology for any future threats. the reason we a...

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They're 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 it's 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 is about to take up very shortly, live in california and it will blast into space and begin this m...

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 — doctor? recently, we actually landed a craft on the asteroid, _ doctor? recently, we actually lan...