Aftermath of NASA’s first planetary defence test REVEALED: Amazing photo shows 6,200-mile-long tail of debris from asteroid Dimorphos in wake of DART spacecraft collision

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By SAM TONKIN FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 11:42 EDT, 4 October 2022 | UPDATED: 11:42 EDT, 4 October 2022

It gripped the world when NASA deliberately smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid as part of humanity’s first ever planetary defence test.

Now, just over a week on, astronomers have revealed a new image of the aftermath that shows a 6,200mile (10,000km)-long tail of dust and debris created by the collision.

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