Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm (newsroom.ucla.edu)

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Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm::A UCLA-led study of NASA’s DART mission determined that the strategy presents previously unanticipated risks.

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[-] gagewhylds@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Was no one involved alive in 1998? We had two movies about this.

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No one remembers deep impact

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