An Image of a celestial debris trail floating through space caused by a NASA spacecraft deliberately colliding with an asteroid has been released.
Snapped by the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope in Chile, the photo depicts a huge trail over 6,000 miles long. The result has given the asteroid a comet-like appearance.
Last week, the US space agency launched a probe mission to test their "Dart" planetary defence system. The image was captured two days after the vehicle crashed into the cosmic rock, known as "Dimorphos", which posed no safety threat to planet earth.
