The European Space Agency launched its Hera spacecraft to study an asteroid NASA crashed into two years ago. The mission aims ...

A spacecraft was deliberately crashed into an asteroid to see if we could change the course of passing rocks that pose a ...

The European Space Agency again turned to SpaceX to launch an important science mission. "I think we’re really going to focus on getting reentry right." On the continent, Ariane 6 may be the last ...

A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a €360m mission to perform a close-up “crash-scene” investigation of the 150 m-diameter asteroid Dimorphos, which was purposely hit by a NASA probe in 2022 ...

SpaceX is set to launch the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft aboard its Falcon 9 rocket on Monday. The FAA cleared ...

The highly anticipated surveillance mission of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has launched on a journey to investigate the scene.

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is set to investigate the aftermath of NASA’s DART mission, which successfully ...

An artist's impression from the European Space Agency of Hera at the Didymos system ... to help ward off the threat of an asteroid crashing into Earth. Professor Alan Fitzsimmons from the ...

ESA will shortly be launching the Hera mission to investigate asteroid defense. The probe will investigate the effects of the DART impact on Dimorphos. The European Space Agency ESA is preparing ...

The asteroid — named after the Egyptian serpent ... and its trajectory saw it remain at the top of both the European Space Agency's (ESA's) "impact risk list" of PHAs and NASA's Sentry Risk ...

During that time, the mission will observe how the surface of the asteroid changes from being in such close proximity to Earth, the European Space Agency said in July. The expedition is all part ...