Simulations showed that resulting debris from the DART mission could one day reach Mars and the Earth-moon system as meteors, although they pose no threat to Earth.
Eloy Peña-Asensio stated that if these meteors reach Earth, they will burn up in the atmosphere, creating 'a beautiful luminous streak in the sky'.
The DART mission was a success, demonstrating that the kinetic impactor technique is an effective method for altering an asteroid's trajectory to potentially save Earth.
The study, which was successful and showed the effects of DART, is pending review but has been accepted for publication in The Planetary Science Journal.
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