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When a building-sized asteroid set Earth in its crosshairs last year, one British lawyer had to alert every government on the planet. Aarti Holla-Maini successfully activated the UN's planetary defense system for the first time ever.
NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022 and changed its path around the sun. The success proves humanity could defend Earth from a dangerous space rock heading our way.
NASA's DART mission successfully knocked an asteroid off its path around the sun, proving we could defend Earth from a space rock threat. Amateur astronomers traveled the globe to confirm this planetary defense milestone.
Four years after NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to test Earth's defenses, scientists confirmed it worked even better than expected. The impact not only changed the asteroid's path but altered its orbit around the Sun for the first time in human history.
Four years after NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, new research confirms humanity just changed a space rock's path around the Sun for the first time ever. The successful experiment means we now have a proven way to protect our planet from future asteroid threats.
For the first time ever, humans have measurably shifted the orbit of a celestial body around the Sun. When NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in 2022, the impact changed the path of not just one asteroid, but two.
For the first time ever, humans have measurably altered how a celestial body orbits the Sun. NASA's DART mission proved we can protect Earth from dangerous asteroids.
Humanity just nudged an asteroid orbiting the sun, marking our first time changing a celestial object's path around our star. The breakthrough proves we can defend Earth from dangerous space rocks.
Scientists discovered that Martian soil naturally slows down microscopic animals called tardigrades, but a simple water wash changes everything. This tiny breakthrough could help protect Mars from Earth germs while making the red planet safer for future astronauts.