❖ Debris from a two-year-old Nasa mission could be the cause of first man-made meteor shower.

❖ Nasa's Double Asteroids Redirect Test (DART) mission, intentionally collided with the moonlet Dimorphos in September 2022.

❖ It may result in this unique phenomenon.

❖ The mission is aimed to test asteroid deflection technology.

❖ Scientists now believe the impact produced over 2 million pounds of debris that could create meteor showers around Earth and Mars within 10 to 30 years.

❖ Due to the collision, fragments from Dimorphos could intermittently and periodically arrive at Earth and Mars for at least 100 years.

❖ The debris is traveling at 1,118 miles per hour could reach Mars.

❖ The smaller and faster particles moving at 3,579 miles per hour could reach Earth in under 10 years.