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Two years ago, NASA intentionally crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid named Dimorphos to see if the force of the collision could alter the course of the object. Now, the European Space Agency is launching the Hera mission to conduct a “crime scene investigation” of the test, sending a spacecraft and two satellites to the asteroid system. Read more from NBC.
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