NASA Slams Asteroid Moon With Spacecraft, Dinosaurs Rejoice
In the name of planetary defense
JUST IN: NASA has successfully crashed a spacecraft into the moon of an asteroid as part of a test to see how it affects the motion of an asteroid in space https://t.co/2NTzweDnVP pic.twitter.com/lU66jLEOGF
- CNN International (@cnni) September 26, 2022
The John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory purposely crashed a spacecraft 🚀 into the moon 🌚 of an asteroid ☄️ in retaliation for an asteroid hitting the earth millions of years ago and killing all the dinosaurs
No, really, it was in effort to prove a defense is possible if an asteroid is destined to hit earth
ICYMI Dinosaurs 🦖 went extinct about 65 million years ago (at the end of the Cretaceous Period), after living on Earth 🌎 for about 165 million years
Evidence suggests an asteroid impact was the main culprit. (Volcanic eruptions that caused large-scale climate change may also have been involved, together with more gradual changes to Earth's climate that happened over millions of years.)
So, TAKE THAT, ASTEROID nyah nyah
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- donorvan (@valleyboyvoice) September 26, 2022
More NASA Realness
Don't want to miss a thing? Watch the final moments from the #DARTMission on its collision course with asteroid Dimporphos. pic.twitter.com/2qbVMnqQrD
- NASA (@NASA) September 26, 2022
Your Google search could reveal something smashing! Search for "NASA DART" on @Google to see a demonstration of browser, uh, planetary defense. pic.twitter.com/ZuxtlgaLJ1
- NASA (@NASA) September 27, 2022
Ontd what is your favorite disaster movie and why?
Science Humor NASA
JUST IN: NASA has successfully crashed a spacecraft into the moon of an asteroid as part of a test to see how it affects the motion of an asteroid in space https://t.co/2NTzweDnVP pic.twitter.com/lU66jLEOGF
- CNN International (@cnni) September 26, 2022
The John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory purposely crashed a spacecraft 🚀 into the moon 🌚 of an asteroid ☄️ in retaliation for an asteroid hitting the earth millions of years ago and killing all the dinosaurs
No, really, it was in effort to prove a defense is possible if an asteroid is destined to hit earth
ICYMI Dinosaurs 🦖 went extinct about 65 million years ago (at the end of the Cretaceous Period), after living on Earth 🌎 for about 165 million years
Evidence suggests an asteroid impact was the main culprit. (Volcanic eruptions that caused large-scale climate change may also have been involved, together with more gradual changes to Earth's climate that happened over millions of years.)
So, TAKE THAT, ASTEROID nyah nyah
End*
- donorvan (@valleyboyvoice) September 26, 2022
More NASA Realness
Don't want to miss a thing? Watch the final moments from the #DARTMission on its collision course with asteroid Dimporphos. pic.twitter.com/2qbVMnqQrD
- NASA (@NASA) September 26, 2022
Your Google search could reveal something smashing! Search for "NASA DART" on @Google to see a demonstration of browser, uh, planetary defense. pic.twitter.com/ZuxtlgaLJ1
- NASA (@NASA) September 27, 2022
Ontd what is your favorite disaster movie and why?
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