this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2026
50 points (98.1% liked)

science

25800 readers
744 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

dart board;; science bs

rule #1: be kind

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
m3t00@lemmy.world
Joleee@lemmy.world
laverabe@lemmy.world
DeadPand@midwest.social
laverabe@lemmy.zip
50
NASA crashed a spacecraft into a space rock, accelerating two asteroids’ orbit around the sun. The DART mission marks the first time a human-crafted object has altered the path of a celestial body. (www.cnn.com)
submitted 19 hours ago by RegularJoe@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world
7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

They were able to use the changes in orbit to calculate the densities of the asteroids, so maybe it's the first time they were able to alter it enough that the changes can be used to calculate that sort of thing.