Sciency Stuffs on Instagram: "NASA vs. Asteroid ☄️💥 Could we actually save Earth? This animation visualizes one of humanity’s most important experiments: NASA’s DART Mission (Double Asteroid Redirection Test). It was our very first attempt at “Planetary Defense”—technology designed to protect Earth from incoming asteroids. 🚀 The Mission: Launched in November 2021, the DART spacecraft traveled for 10 months to reach a binary asteroid system. Its target wasn’t Earth-bound, but it was the perfect