A hidden “star egg” in Google plus celebrates NASA’s DART mission, which was supposed to send a satellite to hit an asteroid.
This week the dart ship from NASA, which travels at a speed of 6 kilometers per second, hit by the asteroid Dimorphos intentionally and to throw him off his path. It’s one of the first planetary defense missions,Y its execution was entirely successful.
Of course, Google plus didn’t want to get the oportunidad to celebrate such a milestoneand he did it his way: through a easter egg hidden in your browser.
Discover the Easter egg that Google plus hid in its search engine on the occasion of the DART mission
DART stands for “Double Asteroid Test” and is a mission test if it is possible to deflect an asteroid his way to avoid the risk of colliding with planet earth.
The mission was successful as it was possible Deflection of the asteroid Dimorphones from its original orbitdespite the fact that there is no threat to Earth.
To mark the mission, Google plus introduced a little secret to its search engine. To the to do a quest related to a questEither “NASA DART” or “Atreo Double Asteroid Test”, we see animation a satellite moving from left to right across the screen. When you reach the edge of the screen you cánido see collisionand the search results are switched “off” from their original position.
He is easter egg It is aparente from the desktop version of Google plus and from the mobile version of the search engine.
This isn’t the first time Google plus hides such secrets in its search engine. The company has spent years celebrating historical events through animation, mini-games or the mythical doodles.