significantly deformed Dimorphos into an ellipsoidal shape or may have sent it into a chaotically tumbling rotation. If Dimorphos was in a tumbling rotation...

shortened Dimorphos' orbit by 32 minutes, greatly in excess of the pre-defined success threshold of 73 seconds. DART's success in deflecting Dimorphos was due...

B comes from the word "Dimorphos", Greek for "having two forms". The meaning of the name represents how the form of Dimorphos's orbit will change after...

spacecraft successfully altered the orbit of the non-threatening asteroid Dimorphos by crashing into it. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU)...

and deformation of Dimorphos's shape, leaving an impact crater several tens of meters in diameter. The impact has likely sent Dimorphos into a chaotically...

with its satellite Dimorphos at 23:16 UTC at a relative speed of about 6.6 km/s. The impact must change the orbital period of Dimorphos around Didymos, which...

analysis of the Didymos asteroid binary system after DART's impact on Dimorphos. It communicates directly with Earth, sending back images of the ejecta...

of Dimorphos. It will operate for 3–6 months near the asteroid. At the end of its mission, it will attempt a landing on the surface of Dimorphos to obtain...

reached the system of 65803 Didymos and impacted the Apollo asteroid's moon Dimorphos, in a test of a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects...

Binary near-Earth asteroid 65803 Didymos and its moon Dimorphos imaged by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft...