Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Soon after DART slammed into Dimorphos, the little moon of asteroid Didymos, we could see dramatic effects with a telescope.

The animation comes from images take in real-time during our live feed.

Images collected from the Klein Karoo Observatory, South Africa.

credits:
Gianluca Masi (Virtual Telescope Project, Italy)
Berto Monard (Klein Karoo Observatory, South Africa)