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Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact. DART?s onboard DRACO imager captured this image from a distance of 42 miles (68 kilometers). This image was the last to contain all of Dimorphos in the field of view. Dimorphos is roughly 525 feet (160 meters) in length. Dimorphos? north is toward the top of the image. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL

What we learned from NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission

1 March 2023

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, and the huge plume of rubble from the collision more than tripled the momentum transferred from the spacecraft to the asteroid

This image from ASI?s LICIACube show the plumes of ejecta streaming from the Dimorphos asteroid after NASA?s Double Asteroid Redirect Test, or DART, mission, made impact with it on Sept. 26, 2022. Each rectangle represents a different level of contrast in order to better see fine structure in the plumes. By studying these streams of material, we will be able to learn more about the asteroid and the impact process. Credits: ASI/NASA/APL

NASA’s DART mission moved an asteroid's orbit by smashing into it

11 October 2022

After the Double Asteroid Redirect Test mission slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos, it was pushed closer to its larger host asteroid, Didymos, and its orbit became 32 minutes shorter

Some of the first images revealed of the asteroid impact taken by LICIACube.

First images show aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid collision mission

27 September 2022

As NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed into an asteroid, a small satellite called LICIACube watched from afar – now it has sent back its first images of the collision

Illustration of NASA?s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency?s (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system.

NASA’s DART mission will try to deflect an asteroid by flying into it

23 November 2021

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is scheduled to launch on 24 November and will smash into the asteroid Dimorphos

NASA’s Lucy mission is launching to study asteroids near Jupiter

14 October 2021

A NASA spacecraft called Lucy is about to blast off to study the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter, which are pristine relics from the early solar system

Asteroid Bennu was once part of a space rock with flowing water

8 October 2020

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has performed detailed analyses of the asteroid Bennu, which revealed signs of ancient flowing water

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures closest ever image of asteroid Bennu

18 June 2019

NASA has captured its closest and most detailed image yet of Bennu, a 78 billion-kilogram asteroid which approaches close to Earth every six years

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has arrived at asteroid Ryugu

27 June 2018

A Japanese spacecraft has arrived at the tiny asteroid Ryugu, where it will drop off landers and explosively take samples of dust to analyse back on Earth

NASA outlines its plans to deal with a large asteroid impact

20 June 2018

NASA is designing and testing missions to deflect a potential asteroid from hitting Earth, and working with emergency responders to plan for a day when one does