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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marcia Dunn

Smacked asteroid's debris trail more than 6,000 miles long

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The asteroid that got smacked by a NASA spacecraft is now being trailed by thousands of miles of debris from the impact.

Astronomers captured the scene millions of miles away with a telescope in Chile. Their remarkable observation two days after last month's planetary defense test was recently released a National Science Foundation lab in Arizona.

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