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Following up on DART's mission earlier this week, this is a combination of three photographs taken by Hubble after impact.

This is from Webb's Near-Infrared Cam, before and after.

Observations will take several weeks before it can be determined if and how much the orbit of Dimorphos has been changed.

"The telescopes will be watching the timing of the eclipses, when Dimorphos goes in front of Didymos, as we see it from Earth," explains DART program scientist, Tom Statler.

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Scientists will also be studying the material ejected by the impact, to determine the properties of the asteroid.