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DART's Asteroid Impact Produced Debris Cloud - Watch Its Evolution Over 1 Month

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DART's Asteroid Impact Produced Debris Cloud - Watch Its Evolution Over 1 Month

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Space.com

9 Views • Mar 08, 2026

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The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution of the debris cloud created by the smash-up over the course of a month; right before impact. (Video is looped several times).

Credit: ESO/Opitom et al.