Hera will be beginning a two-year journey past Mars and out to the asteroid belt where it will help us understand how to ...

The probe, an ESA project, will study the consequences of a deliberate impact by a NASA spacecraft against an asteroid in ...

The ESA spacecraft embarked on a two-year journey to the asteroid Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos on Monday.

Hera spacecraft launched to study Dimorphos, redirected by NASA Mission aims to understand asteroid properties and potential threats Success of DART mission opens pathways for asteroid deflection stra ...

Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel explained why government investments have made great scientific discoveries possible ...

Cape Canaveral, United States - October 07, 2024 In a historic leap towards safeguarding our planet, ESA's Hera mission ...

The Hera mission will investigate the result of NASA’s asteroid redirection test, in which the U.S. agency rammed a ...

The news was a relief for Fitzsimmons and the entire Hera team.

The European Space Agency launched its Hera spacecraft to study an asteroid NASA crashed into two years ago. The mission aims ...

Every year, the Earth is treated to several meteor showers as we cross into their orbit, or they cross into ours. They are ...

The car-sized probe is part of a mission to better understand the ‘kinetic impact’ technique of asteroid deflection.

Near-Earth asteroids are closely monitored due to their implications for planetary defense. The team utilized ground-based ...