A Nasa mission that purposefully launched a spacecraft into an asteroid could result in meteorites that will punch craters in Mars. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart), travelling at 14,000 miles per hour, knocked the asteroid Dimorphos off course in 2022 in order to test Earth’s defences. The mission was a triumph as it showed that it is possible to redirect objects in space, with Nasa tweeting “IMPACT SUCCESS!” after the collision. However, a study has now revealed that 37 boulders blasted off Dimorphos. They pose no threat to Earth. “All the observations taken so far prove that Dart…
