In 2022 its space agency, NASA, collided a semi-autonomous spacecraft (capable of self-steering as well as being remotely ...

Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...

Stellar Stories Hera spacecraft launched The European Space Agency's Hxera spacecraft launched on October 7, initiating an ...

Asteroid Apophis, or "God of Chaos," will pass close to Earth on April 13, 2029. This rare encounter offers scientists a ...

Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.

Scientists – led by experts from Nasa – have spent more than 10 years working out how to prevent a devastating asteroid ...

Related: Behold the 1st images of DART's wild asteroid crash! "Each cubesat was activated for about an hour in turn, in live sessions with the ground to perform commissioning — what we call 'Are ...

Related: Behold the 1st images of DART's wild asteroid crash! "Each cubesat was activated for about an hour in turn, in live sessions with the ground to perform commissioning — what we call 'Are you ...

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