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A grey, egg-shaped asteroid, Dimorphos, against black space, its surface covered in loose rubble and scattered boulders, photographed by NASA's DART spacecraft shortly before impact. The image is a composite of the last ten full frames.

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ESA's Hera Probe Spots the Asteroid Moon NASA Hit in 2022

In the image, the moon is a single pixel. What matters is what that pixel promises: a first close look at the only asteroid people have ever pushed off its path, and a list of puzzles that no one has solved yet.