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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T19:00:36.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Asteroids",
    "Astronomy",
    "DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)",
    "Didymos & Dimorphos",
    "Planetary Defense",
    "Planetary Defense Coordination Office",
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  "textContent": "New research reveals that when NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally impacted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn’t just change the motion of Dimorphos around its larger companion, Didymos; the crash also shifted the orbit of both asteroids around the Sun. Linked together by gravity, Didymos and Dimorphos orbit each […]\n\nThe post NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun appeared first on NASA Science.",
  "title": "NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun"
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