EditorialSandpipers dart across the water along the banks of the St. Lawrence River at dusk in Kamouraska, Quebec, Sept. 11, 2022. (Nasuna Stuart-Ulin/The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by NASA/ESA/STScI/Hubble shows a tail of debris blasted from the surface of Dimorphos 285 hours after the collision with the DART spacecraft. (NASA/ESA/STScI/Hubble via The New York Times)
EditorialIn an undated image provided by ATLAS Project, an image of the DART spacecraft colliding with Dimorphos as captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System. (ATLAS Project via The New York Times)
EditorialNASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope Capture Detailed Views of DART Impact, Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 29 Sep 2022
EditorialIn an undated image provided by ATLAS Project, an image of the DART spacecraft colliding with Dimorphos as captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System. (ATLAS Project via The New York Times)
EditorialAn animation of the expected collision of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft and Dimorphos. (NASA/Johns Hopkins/APL via The New York Times)
EditorialRolf Arne Olberg, a veterinarian, prepares a tranquilizer dart to be fired at a polar bear from a helicopter, in Longyearbyen, Norway, April 29, 2021. (Anna Filipova/The New York Times)
EditorialRolf Arne Olberg, a veterinarian, prepares a tranquilizer dart to be fired at a polar bear from a helicopter, in Longyearbyen, Norway, April 29, 2021. (Anna Filipova/The New York Times)
EditorialDART team members installing the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft’s only instrument, the Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation (DRACO), in June 2021. (NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialDART team members installing the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft’s only instrument, the Didymos Reconnaissance and Asteroid Camera for Optical navigation (DRACO), in June 2021. (NASA via The New York Times)