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.

RegularJoe@lemmy.world · 6 days ago

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.

spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 6 days ago

Unfortunately, a quirk of gravitational lensing resulted in a very unpleasant bowel movement for said dog. When asked for comment, the veterinarian involved could only offer, “I don’t envy him”.

P.S. my physics is shaky at best, so don’t know if it works from that perspective, but it felt “Hitchhikers” enough to try!

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.

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.

NASA crashed a spacecraft into a space rock, accelerating two asteroids’ orbit around the sun | CNN