Space telescopes capture asteroid slam with striking clarity

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Photos of this week's asteroid strike, the first planetary defense of its kind, were captured by two space telescopes. NASA released pictures Thursday of the dramatic event taken by the Hubble and Webb space telescopes.

This combination of images provided by NASA shows three different views of the DART spacecraft impact on the asteroid Dimorphos on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. At left is the view from a forward camera on DART, upper right the Hubble Space Telescope and lower right the James Webb Space Telescope.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world now has stunning new photos of this week’s asteroid strike, the first planetary defense test of its kind. Telescopes on all seven continents also watched as NASA’s Dart spacecraft slammed Monday into the harmless space rock, 7 million miles from Earth, in hopes of altering its orbit.

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