‘Impact success!’ Nasa spacecraft smashes asteroid in first ever ‘planetary defence test’

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Nasa has successfully crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid as part of a planetary protection test mission.While this asteroid – named Dimorphos – posed no threat to Earth, the aim of the mission was to demonstrate that dangerous incoming rocks can be deflected by deliberately smashing into them.‘IMPACT SUCCESS!’ Nasa tweeted after its spacecraft, known as Do