Article 64B88 Telescope in Chile Spots Huge Debris Trail from NASA's Asteroid Crash Test

Telescope in Chile Spots Huge Debris Trail from NASA's Asteroid Crash Test

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Isaac Schultz
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Last week, NASA's DART spacecraft intentionally crashed into Dimorphos, a petite moonlet orbiting the larger asteroid Didymos. Now, a telescope on the ground in Chile has imaged the massive plume created by the impact in the days following the encounter.

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