Webb, Hubble Capture Detailed Views of DART Impact (IMAGE)

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Webb, Hubble Capture Detailed Views of DART Impact

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These images, Hubble on the left and Webb on the right, show observations of the Didymos-Dimorphos system several hours after NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) intentionally impacted the moonlet asteroid.

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Credits: Science: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jian-Yang Li (PSI), Cristina Thomas (Northern Arizona University), Ian Wong (NASA-GSFC); image processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Download full-resolution, uncompressed versions and supporting visuals from the Space Telescope Science Institute

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