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GROUND-BASED IMAGES OF ASTEROID IMPACT

Space Weather News for Sept. 27, 2022
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GROUND-BASED IMAGES OF ASTEROID IMPACT: Yesterday, NASA’s DART spacecraft hit asteroid Dimorphos–a dramatic bullseye 11 million kilometers from Earth. Surprising even NASA, ground-based telescopes had no trouble seeing the impact. Professional and amateur astronomers photographed a bright cloud of debris emerging from the battered asteroid. See the photos @ Spaceweather.com

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Above: A cloud of debris emerges from Dimorphos following the DART impact. Credit: Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Hawaii

NUKE SENSORS DETECT ASTEROID EXPLOSION

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization sensors have detected an explosion near Puerto Rico. It was not, however, a nuclear bomb.

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Space Weather News for June 25, 2019
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NUKE SENSORS DETECT ASTEROID EXPLOSION: On June 22nd, sensors operated by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization detected an explosion south of Puerto Rico.  It was not, however, a nuclear bomb. A small asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere and exploded in the air like 3 to 5 kilotons of TNT. Weather satellites caught the space rock’s fragmentation. Movies and analysis are featured on today’s edition of Spaceweather.com.

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Above: A weather satellite image of the exploding space rock. Credit: NOAA/GOES-16