156: Measuring a collision with Dr. Thomas

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English - July 28, 2019 16:00 - 15 minutes - 17.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 377 ratings
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Professor Cristina Thomas talks about NASA's first planetary defense mission: DART. DART is a spacecraft that will impact a tiny asteroid moon. She explains why ground-based telescope observations are key to the mission's success.