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Webb, Hubble Telescopes Capture Stunning Images of DART Asteroid Crash

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Astronomers rejoice as NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor slammed into its pyramid-sized, rugby ball-shaped target 11 million kilometers (6.8 million miles) from Earth. Images taken by Earth-bound telescopes showed a vast cloud of dust expanding out of Dimorphos and its big brother Didymos after the spaceship hit.

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Webb, Hubble Telescopes Capture Stunning Images of DART Asteroid Crash

The effort marks the first time the two flagship observatories have spied the same object at the same moment.

2 years ago·New York, United States

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EL ESPAÑOL

NASA reveals how James Webb and Hubble captured DART's impact on the asteroid

NASA's two large observatories worked together to capture the historic moment and analyze it in detail.

2 years ago·Spain

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BioBioChile

Hubble and James Webb reveal unusual views of the impact of the DART mission against an asteroid

Webb observed the site of the impact before and after for five hours, while Hubble also made observations before the impact and fifteen minutes after the impact.

2 years ago·Chile

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Le Soir

Deviated asteroid: Webb and Hubble capture detailed views of the impact

This is the first time that the two famous space telescopes have been used to simultaneously observe the same celestial object: an asteroid located 11 million kilometers from Earth, the target of the world's first planetary defense test.

2 years ago

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Space Daily

Webb and Hubble capture detailed views of DART impact

Paris (ESA) Sep 29, 2022 Two of the great observatories, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, have captured views of a unique experiment to smash a spacecraft into a small asteroid. NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impact observations mark the first time that Webb and Hubble were used to simultaneously observe the same celestial target. On 26 September

2 years ago·Australia

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Science Alert

Hubble And Webb Pics Reveal DART Impact Was Even Bigger Than Expected

The James Webb and Hubble telescopes on Thursday revealed their first images of a spacecraft deliberately smashing into an asteroid, as astronomers indicated that the impact looks to have been much greater than expected.

2 years ago·Australia

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