The DART Impact Was Only the Beginning

Credit: Magdalena Ridge Observatory/NM Tech/NASA. Images like this can provide additional details to astronomers studying faint structures in the ejecta tail.

The DART Mission impact was only the beginning of the research around altering the orbit of the asteroid. Many tons of rock was thrown into space upon the impact, which is being studied to understand asteroids and other solar system bodies better, in order to defend our own planet.