"Unintended Consequences: NASA's Mission Redirects Space Rocks Towards Mars"

NASA's successful DART mission to divert an asteroid's course may have inadvertently sent space rocks hurtling towards Mars, with four boulders expected to potentially collide with the planet in around 6,000 to 15,000 years. The impact could excavate small craters up to 300 meters across, but given Mars's existing crater-covered surface, the effects may not be significant. The findings support previous work on the origins of meteorites and highlight the potential consequences of asteroid collisions in the near-Earth environment.