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Hera mission is headed to Dimorphos, the asteroid NASA crashed into
The ESA spacecraft embarked on a two-year journey to the asteroid Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos on Monday.
Asteroid alert! Two massive airplane-sized asteroid coming towards Earth at scary speed today, NASA warns
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is closely monitoring two asteroids, 2024 SN8 and 2018 JG38, both set to pass near ...
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SpaceX rocket snaps amazing views of Earth during Hera asteroid probe launch (photos)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket snapped a pretty special in-space selfie on Monday (Oct. 7). The shot, captured during the launch of ...
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Near-Earth asteroid data: Probing possible fifth force of the universe
Near-Earth asteroids are closely monitored due to their implications for planetary defense. The team utilized ground-based ...
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SpaceX rocket launches Europe's Hera planetary defense probe to visit asteroid smacked by NASA
Hera launched Oct. 7 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, on a mission to study the asteroid that NASA's DART spacecraft smashed ...
European ‘crash scene investigation’ spacecraft is ready to follow up on NASA’s asteroid impact mission
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are ready to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART spacecraft, ...
Exact time Big Ben-sized 'city killer' asteroid monitored by NASA will 'skim' Earth today
The space rock, named 2016 JG38, after the year it was discovered, is classed by the US space agency as a "Near Earth Object" ...