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What happens when a golf-cart-sized spacecraft collides with an asteroid? Learn about NASA's daring DART mission.

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[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What happens is we hope and we pray. But we're always disappointed in the end.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Only a ~2% chance 4 years from now. And it's an order of magnitude smaller than the one that hit Chicxulub. Yawn

[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And in 2029, a 340-meter asteroid called Apophis—after the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness—will pass within 32,000 km of Earth, which is closer than some geosynchronous satellites. This will happen on 13 April 2029—Friday the 13th, that is.

We're cooked

[–] vollkorntomate@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago

Don’t look up!

[–] EgoNo4@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Don't threaten me with a good time...

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

if it were a 10km iron bolide it would be different.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

It'll be disappointed when it gets here.

[–] catty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It gets the clamps. Also, loads more gold, so gold prices plummet.

[–] AcidicBasicGlitch@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago