UArizona Spacewatch discovered the larger of the twin asteroids targeted in NASA's upcoming DART mission

Moving dot across a starry sky
Monday, September 19, 2022

NASA's DART spacecraft will slam into an asteroid this month, and scientists will study how the impact affects its orbit around a larger, companion asteroid discovered by UArizona researchers in 1996.

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