While no known asteroid poses a threat to Earth for at least the next century, the catalog of near-Earth asteroids is incomplete for objects whose impacts would produce regional devastation 1,2 .
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[1/2] Asteroid moonlet Dimorphos as seen by the DART spacecraft 11 seconds before impact in this image taken by DART's on board DRACO imager from a distance of 68 kilometers, and released September 26, 2022. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Handout via REUTERS
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft collided on Sept. 26 at about 14,000 miles per hour (22,530 kph) into Dimorphos, an asteroid about 490 feet (150 meters) in diameter, roughly 6.8 million miles (11 million km) from Earth.
Hubble Captures Movie of DART Asteroid Impact Debris | NASA
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When a NASA spacecraft intentionally crashed into an asteroid on September 26, the collision caused the space rock to release a cometlike tail .
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