"On Thursday 10 October and Friday 11 October, Hera’s asteroid deck, which houses the spacecraft’s instruments, was pointed back towards our planet and three of its instruments captured their first ...

Scroll down to read the updates from the launch of the ESA Hera mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The skies ...

Hera is a follow-up to NASA’s successful Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which impacted the smaller asteroid ...

When Europa Clipper lifts off, it will mark the latest NASA first as we lead to explore, discover, and innovate for the ...

Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth, wiping out an estimated 75% of all animal species, including ...

A new opportunity for the future of space exploration and industry has emerged: asteroid mining. While astronomers recently ...

NASA is developing plans to defend Earth against potential "planet killer" asteroids by considering launching a large fleet of spacecraft or even using a nuclear device to deflect ...

NASA plans to blast “planet killer” asteroids with a 1,000-strong army of spacecraft – or even a nuke. The space agency ...

The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by ...

SpaceX launched the European Space Agency's Hera mission on Monday to provide scientists with tools to prevent catastrophic ...

Interview The European Space Agency (ESA) had to use a SpaceX rocket to send its Hera spacecraft to Dimorphos. After the ...