Can We Redirect Asteroids like in Armageddon? | SciShow News

The video discusses NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which aims to test the possibility of altering an asteroid's course by crashing a spacecraft into it. The target is Dimorphos, a moonlet orbiting the asteroid Didimus. The mission will help determine the momentum needed to deflect an asteroid. Additionally, the video explores a unique planetary system where planets orbit perpendicularly, challenging conventional understanding of planetary formation. Researchers suspect a large body, possibly a brown dwarf, influences these orbits, highlighting the complexity of space systems.

How do researchers believe the gravitational influence of a potential fourth body affects the orbits of the outer planets in the HD3167 system?

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What does the discovery of diverse solar systems suggest about the nature of planetary formation?

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