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Europe's Hera spacecraft on way to study asteroid Dimorphos

Astronomy · 1h

ESA’s 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.

The New York Times on MSN · 18h

ESA’s Hera Asteroid Mission Launches on SpaceX Rocket in Florida

In humanity’s latest bid to avoid going the way of the dinosaurs, a European spacecraft soared away from the coast of Florida on Monday. The mission, Hera, will visit an asteroid that NASA deliberately struck with another spacecraft two years ago.

USA Today on MSN · 3d

SpaceX launch: Europe's Hera spacecraft on way to study asteroid Dimorphos

A European spacecraft is on its way to get an up-close look at an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed its own vehicle into two years ago.

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Asteroid mining: A potential trillion-dollar industry

Earth's newest celestial neighbor has finally arrived. Astronomers using a powerful telescope in Sutherland, South Africa, ...

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Scientists Discover a Second Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid

For decades, the disappearance of dinosaurs has been tied to the Chicxulub asteroid, whose crater lies partly beneath ...

Spacecraft Dispatched to Asteroid That NASA Slammed in Previous Save-the-Earth Test

The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft has embarked on a two-year mission to study a small asteroid previously impacted ...

Japan’s H3 to launch Emirati asteroid mission

The United Arab Emirates will launch a mission to visit several asteroids later this decade on a Japanese H3 rocket.

IFLScience on MSN1d

If A Fifth Force Exists, Asteroid Missions Could Help Find It

We usually think we have to smash particles together at close to the speed of light or observe remote corners of the universe ...

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NASA Punched an Asteroid in 2022. Another Probe Is Now on Its Way to the Wreckage

A follow-up mission to DART, Hera will travel to a binary asteroid to observe the aftermath of NASA's wildly successful ...

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New study eases concerns over possible 'doomsday' asteroid swarm

Astronomers have good news about potentially hazardous asteroids lurking near our planet: There aren't as many as we thought.

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Tik Tokers trend appearance of Asteroid as Biblical prophecy: Reason why Biblical sign is going viral on TikTok

Asteroid 2024 PT5's entry into Earth's orbit on October 5, 2024, is stirring biblical prophecy debates on TikTok, with ...

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