Aftermath of the DART collision with Dimorphos

Aftermath of the DART collision with Dimorphos
This image shows the over 10,000-kilometre-long dust plume caused by the controlled collision of NASA's DART space probe with the asteroid Dimorphos on 26 September 2022. The image was acquired using the Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope (SOAR) in Chile.
Credit:

CTIO/NOIRLab/SOAR/NSF/AURA/T. Kareta (Lowell Observatory), M. Knight (US Naval Academy)

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