Hubble captured ‘time-lapse’ video of DART collision: NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of images of asteroid Dimorphos when it was intentionally rammed by a 1,200-pound NASA spacecraft named DART on September 26, 2022. This information was given in the statement of the space agency. NASA said in its statement that Hubble’s time-lapse video of the events following the DART collision reveals surprising and remarkable hour-by-hour changes as the dust and debris were scattered into space.

The purpose of time-lapse is to show the events and changes happening at long intervals in a limited time. DART hit the asteroid directly at a speed of 13,000 miles per hour. Due to this, more than 1000 tons of dust and rock pieces were scattered from the asteroid into space. NASA said the Hubble video provides vital new clues as to how the debris was scattered in a complex pattern in the days following the collision.

This was far in excess of the space data that could be recorded by the LICIACube CubeSats, he said. The CubeSat had passed close to the ‘binary asteroid’ after the DART collision. The agency said the primary objective of the spacecraft ‘Double Asteroid Redirection Test’ (DART) was to test our ability to alter the asteroid’s trajectory as it orbits its larger companion asteroid ‘Didymos’. Neither Didymos nor Dimorphos pose a threat to Earth, but data from the mission will help researchers learn how to potentially alter the asteroid’s path from Earth if necessary, the statement said.

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