Kitt Peak National Observatory, located about 56 miles from Tucson, Arizona, boasts two dozen telescopes for professional research, plus an extensive menu of programs for public visitors.
It's the size of a fridge, launched into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and currently hurtling towards a 160-metre-wide asteroid. In a few short day, the DART spacecraft will crash into Dimorphos.
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