Rocky debris

NASA spacecraft collision could trigger meteor shower that will last 100 years

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more New research has found that rocky debris blown off the small asteroid Dimorphos when NASA’s DART spacecraft deliberately collided with it in 2022 could trigger the first human-made meteor shower, known as the Dimorphids. The … Read more

NASA’s DART spacecraft collision may have triggered the first man-made meteor shower

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more New research has found that rocky debris blown off the small asteroid Dimorphos when NASA’s DART spacecraft deliberately collided with it in 2022 could trigger the first human-made meteor shower, known as the Dimorphids. The … Read more