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NASA releases detailed views of DART mission smashing into asteroid from James Webb, Hubble telescopes

Two of NASA's space telescopes — James Webb and Hubble — have captured views of the DART spacecraft intentionally smashing into an asteroid in a mission that is trialling technology for protecting Earth from potential asteroid collisions.

On Tuesday, DART intentionally crashed into asteroid Dimorphos some 9.6 million kilometres away from Earth, ploughing into the rock at 22,500 kilometres per hour.

It's the first time the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope simultaneously observed the same celestial target.

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