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  "path": "/world/nasa-defense-test-kicked-asteroid-off-course-and-changed-its-orbit-around-the-sun/article",
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  "textContent": "Four years ago, NASA purposely smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid to see if they could deflect it — a test to prove humanity could protect Earth from threatening space rocks. The experiment pushed the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos into a smaller, faster route around its sibling Didymos — and according to new research out […]\n\nThe post NASA defense test kicked asteroid off course — and changed its orbit around the sun appeared first on Digital Journal.",
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