In a stunning example of intergenerational showmanship, the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have released some incredible views of NASA's asteroid-smashing mission.
The European Space Agency noted that the images of NASA's Double Asteroid Reduction Test (DART) mark the first time that both Hubble and Webb have seen the same event at the same time.
The awe-inspiring shots were difficult to capture with Hubble's time-lapse image.
The flight operations, planning, and science teams faced unique challenges because of the impact.
The Hubble imagery gives a high-resolution look at the aftermath of the collision. Scientists are somewhat puzzled by the slightly curved ejection rays in some of the time-lapse image.
The Hubble has footage.
Here's what the man captured.
Astronomers on both sides of the pond were interested in the time lapse.
According to the Hubble images, the brightness of Didymos increased by three times following the impact, and they are particularly interested in how that brightness held steady eight hours after impact.
From the success of NASA's asteroid-smashing craft itself to the first-of-its-kind comparisons of the same event captured by both Hubble, everything about these time-lapsed views of the DART mission is completely new.
These peeks into deep space remind us of the incredible potential for human ingenuity, as well as the fact that we are living in the future.
The views of the DART impact were captured by the Hubble and WEBB.
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