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NASA successfully deflected a small asteroid with its DART rocket, kinetic strike ejected a significant amount of debris from the asteroid — impact nudges the orbit of the small astronomical body, affecting the larger cosmic object as well


It's like playing billiards, but with a distance of millions of miles and a mass of more than a million tons.

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