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NASA Smashed Into an Asteroid in 2022. The Debris Could End Up Reaching Earth

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NASA 's Double Asteroid Redirection Test successfully demonstrated how a fast-moving spacecraft could change an asteroid’s trajectory by crashing into it.

A followup study suggests that debris from the 525-foot ( 160-meter ) Dimorphos could actually strike back, though we’re not in any danger.

The team posits that the collision produced a field of rocky ejecta that could reach Earth within 10 years .

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