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Ground telescopes capture jaw-dropping views of DART asteroid impact

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https://gizmodo.com/telescopes-capture-d...1849585394

EXCERPT: Telescopes around the world were focused on the binary asteroid system. Going into the experiment, it wasn’t clear how visible the impact might be from Earth, but the images we’re seeing from the ground clearly show a substantial plume emanating from Didymos.

“It is hard to comment on the stunning experience we had last night,” wrote the Virtual Telescope project in a blog post. “We saw in real-time, with our very own eyes, the effects of DART slamming into its target asteroid Didymos, making it much brighter, with a huge cloud of debris.” (MORE - missing details)

Pow! DART asteroid impact seen from ground observatory and cubesat

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