
NASA's Asteroid-Punching Test Leaves Trail of Destruction 6,000 Miles Long
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3p5yx/nasa-dart-asteroid-test-leaves-trail-of-destruction-6000-miles-long
A NASA spacecraft that intentionally crashed into an asteroid last week kicked up so much debris that a dusty trail now extends 6,000 miles into space from the impact site, according to observations by astronomers.
The shimmering outline of the trail appears in a stunning new image from Chile’s Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope, released on Monday by the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab, which operates SOAR.