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3 days ago

Remember That Asteroid NASA Deflected in a Test of Saving Earth? We Have Bad News

"We succeeded in deflecting an asteroid, moving it from its orbit," said lead author and UMD research scientist Tony Farnham in a statement about the research. "Our research shows that while the direct impact of the DART spacecraft caused this change, the boulders ejected gave an additional kick that was almost as big."
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