EditorialIn an undated image provided by ATLAS Project, an image of the DART spacecraft colliding with Dimorphos as captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System. (ATLAS Project via The New York Times)
EditorialIn an undated image provided by ATLAS Project, an image of the DART spacecraft colliding with Dimorphos as captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System. (ATLAS Project via The New York Times)
EditorialAn image of the planet Earth captured on Sept. 21 by the LICIACube spacecraft, which will photograph the DART mission’s collision with the asteroid Dimorphos. (ASI/NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialAn undated image provided by NASA, HST and Noll, which was made by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Trojan asteroid Eurybates and its satellite, Queta, circled in green. (NASA, HST, and Noll via The New York Times)
EditorialAn undated image provided by NASA, HST and Noll, which was made by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Trojan asteroid Eurybates and its satellite, Queta, circled in green. (NASA, HST, and Noll via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona shows the asteroid Bennu, viewed from the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft from about 186 miles in March, which scientists say has a small chance of colliding with Earth in the 2100s. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona shows the asteroid Bennu, viewed from the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft from about 186 miles in March, which scientists say has a small chance of colliding with Earth in the 2100s. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona shows the asteroid Bennu, viewed from the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft from about 186 miles in March, which scientists say has a small chance of colliding with Earth in the 2100s. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via The New York Times)
EditorialThe sampling arm of the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft during an August, 2020, rehearsal for a planned touchdown Tuesday, Oct, 20, 2020, to retrieve a sample from asteroid Bennu. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona via The New York Times)