Comment on NASA deliberately changed an asteroid’s orbit around the sun for the first time

MetalSlugX@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Innerworld@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Now, new research has revealed it may have done a lot more. Scientists have confirmed that DART also nudged the asteroid pair’s trajectory around the sun — a first-ever measurement. The shift was tiny, but it doubled the deflection effect. It’s the most compelling evidence yet that humanity could potentially redirect a killer asteroid before it reaches Earth.

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  • MetalSlugX@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Checks user history; Blocks user

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    • Innerworld@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      ?

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      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I don’t get it either.

        Shot in the dark: maybe you’re percieved as “too capitalist” for posting sources like WSJ or InterestingEngineering?

        Sorry for peeking at your history too, but I was just curious.

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    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Purely out of curiosity, over what?

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