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 ...

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

Related: Behold the 1st images of DART's wild asteroid crash! Now, Hera is going back ... allowing it to capture a distant view of our planet and the moon, according to a statement from ESA.

Related: Behold the 1st images of DART's wild asteroid crash! Now, Hera is going back to assess the aftermath ... allowing it to capture a distant view of our planet and the moon, according to 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.

Asteroid mining might sound like something out of science fiction, but experts say it could be the path to out-of-this-world ...