Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes Capture Detailed Views of DART Asteroid Impact

Asteroid deviation: Webb and Hubble capture images of the impact

This is the first time that both telescopes have been used to simultaneously observe the same object.

NASA's James Webb And Hubble Telescopes Capture Detailed Views Of Asteroid Strike

Two of NASA's space telescopes - James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope - have captured views of the DART spacecraft intentionally smashing into an asteroid earlier this week.

Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes Capture Detailed Views of DART Asteroid Impact

First Time Webb and Hubble Make Simultaneous Observations of the Same Target Two of NASA’s great observatories had a front-row seat to a groundbreaking NASA test for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope teamed u

DART asteroid collision: New James Webb, Hubble photos show impact greater than expected

In a historic test, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor slammed into its pyramid-sized, rugby ball-shaped target 11 million kilometres (6.8 million miles) from Earth on Monday night.

NASA releases detailed views of DART Impact captured by James Webb, Hubble Space Telescope

DART deliberately slammed with the asteroid Dimorphos, which is around 9.6 million kilometres from Earth, at a speed of 22,500 km/h.

Webb and Hubble capture detailed views of DART impact

On 26 September 2022 at 01:15 CEST, DART intentionally crashed into Dimorphos, the asteroid moonlet in the double-asteroid system of Didymos. It was the