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Nasa’s Dart spacecraft has crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos miles from Earth in the space agency’s first “planetary defence test”. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► Dart (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) collided head-on with an asteroid the size of a football stadium on Monday in an unprecedented full-scale test of Nasa’s capacity to defend Earth from a doomsday scenario. The test was humanity’s first attempt at moving another celestial body, to see if a large asteroid hurtling towards Earth could be diverted. Nasa successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid in planetary defense test ► Nasa successfully crashes spacecraft into asteroid in ‘planetary defense test’ – live ► The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► Sign up to the Guardian’s free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► Website ► Facebook ► Twitter ► Instagram ► The Guardian on YouTube: The Guardian ► Guardian Australia ► Guardian Football ► Guardian Sport ► Guardian Live ► #Nasa #SpaceCraft #AsteroidDimorphos #Crash #DART #PlanetaryDefenseTest #Space