197: A massive asteroid hit at tremendous speed with Prof. Richardson

22/05/2022 27 min Episodio 197
197: A massive asteroid hit at tremendous speed with Prof. Richardson

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Professor Derek Richardson gives us an update on the DART mission, which is headed towards tiny asteroid moon Dimorphos. If all goes well this fall, DART will crash into Dimorphos at four miles per second! This experiment will be a test of asteroid deflection technology.