This is the moment the NASA DART mission impactor hit the asteroid "moon" Dimorphos. Dimorphos orbits around the asteroid Didymos. The objective of the NASA Dart mission was to deflect the path of this pair of asteroids. The impact was captured on the Las Cumbres Observatory 1-meter telescopes at its South Africa node, at Sutherland using "clear" filter (i.e. no filter).

The streak is an effect on the camera and is not real.

Credit: T. Lister, J. Chatelain, R. Street, E. Gomez / Las Cumbres Observatory

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