Hitting the asteroid was just part of the challenge. Now, NASA confirms the September impact of the DART spacecraft has successfully changed the orbit of Dimorphos.
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On 26 September, Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully slammed into an asteroid in the name of planetary defence. Here’s why Nasa is hurling spacecraft at space rocks.