Stuart Talbott: Filamentary Discharge on Asteroid Dimorphos | Thunderbolts

Further analysis of the seemingly anomalous phenomena associated with NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission in September 2022. The 1,300 pound spacecraft crashed into asteroid Dimorphus at approximately 14,000 miles per hour. It’s been found that the eruption of material from Dimorphus—which continued for weeks after the kinetic impact—was…

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Stuart Talbott: DART Strikes Electric Asteroid | Thunderbolts

NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission was a test of asteroid deflection and demonstration of kinetic impactor technology—impacting an asteroid to adjust its speed and path. In September 2022, a 1,300 pound impactor spacecraft struck the asteroid Dimorphos at approximately 14,000 mph. The after effects observed were completely unexpected,…

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