NASA confirmed that it managed to divert the asteroid’s trajectory

“Two weeks ago, NASA made history once more. We carried out humanity’s first planetary defense test and showed the world that NASA is a serious defender of this planet,” Nelson said in presenting the conclusions of that mission.

Dimorphos (“two forms” in Greek) is a 160-meter-diameter moon-like body that revolves around the 780-meter-diameter Didymos, whose name means “twin” in Greek. They were selected by NASA because they pose no threat to Earth.