Experiment will help scientists see whether such a strike could work to divert future hazardous asteroids away from Earth
NASA is working on a planetary defence system intended to save Earth from a deadly asteroid strike. Dubbed Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the Agency plans to conduct an experiment that...
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