Scientists have revealed images of a second massive asteroid impact called Nadir Crater buried 300 meters under the ocean ...

The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock ...

An artist's conception of the European Space Agency's Hera craft traveling through the solar system. Credit: ESA-Science Office The Hera spacecraft is flying to the site of a pulverized asteroid.

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are on their way to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART ...

27, 2024 — Asteroid ... can help map the interior. A new study analyzed seismic waves detected by the Insight lander and concludes that 11-20 kilometers beneath ... International Space Station ...

SpaceX launched the European Space Agency's $398 million Hera probe Monday on a follow-up flight to find out precisely how a moonlet orbiting a small asteroid was affected by the high-speed impact ...

By Katrina Miller European Space Mission Launches to Investigate an Asteroid Crash Site The Hera spacecraft, which took flight late Monday morning, is part of a broader effort to bolster humanity ...

On its way the pair of near-Earth asteroids, Hera will swing by Mars in 2025 to help propel the spacecraft forward to its destination. During the gravity assist, Hera will perform a survey of the ...

Dodging stormy weather ahead of Hurricane Milton, SpaceX launched the European Space Agency's $398 million Hera probe Monday on a follow-up flight to find out precisely how a moonlet orbiting a small ...

The European Space ... asteroid system, they will be deployed sequentially at a slow speed—only a few centimeters per second—to prevent them from drifting away in the weak gravitational field.

NASA’s DART mission successfully deflected the asteroid Dimorphos through kinetic ... This information will help the scientific community and space agencies generalize the results and further ...

The spacecraft and its two CubeSat companions are slated to arrive at the asteroid Dimorphos ... the surface of the space rocks, while Milani has a multispectral imager to map minerals and ...