An image provided by NASA/Johns Hopkins APL shows the asteroid named Dimorphos. Dimorphos is about 525 feet around and orbits a larger parent asteroid, Didymos. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL via The New York Times) By KATRINA MILLER In 2022, NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid named Dimorphos. The goal of this interplanetary smashup was to prove that if a killer space rock ever threatened Earth in the future, humans could deflect it and save our world. The mission, called…
