NASA’s DART spacecraft could help defend Earth against asteroids

It may sound like a Hollywood blockbuster, but NASA’s latest mission is very real. The space agency has just launched DART, a spacecraft designed to smash into an asteroid and possibly alter its course. Mike Drolet explains how it could help stop dangerous space debris from hitting our planet.

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