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Hera mission set to revisit asteroid

ESA's Hera mission takes flight toward the asteroid deflected by NASA's DART probe two years ago

The European Space Agency's Hera mission will set off from Cape Canaveral on 7 October on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will travel several hundred million kilometers to reach the double asteroid Didymos in autumn 2026.

New Scientist on MSN · 5h

Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA's redirection test

The European Space Agency is sending a probe to get a closer look at the asteroid Dimorphos, which had its orbit altered by NASA’s DART mission in 2022

Yahoo · 16h

Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test

Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when it smashed into an asteroid during the first test of Earth's planetary defences.

Ever-Growing USA on MSN · 1d

ESA’s ‘Hera’ Mission: A New Era in Asteroid Deflection and Planetary Defense

A new space mission could potentially change the course of asteroids, significantly reducing the threat they pose to Earth. In October, the European Space Agency (ESA) will launch "Hera," the second phase of a mission that may pave the way for asteroid deflection.

fungi, asteroid and dinosaur

CNN on MSN · 4h

When a massive asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, ants began farming fungi

New research shows that ants have been farming fungi for 66 million years — thanks in part to the asteroid that fueled the demise of the dinosaurs.

Ars Technica · 23h

Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction

Ants learned to work with fungi back in a world where only fungi could thrive. We tend to think of agriculture as a human innovation. But insects beat us to it by millions of years. Various species of ants cooperate with fungi,

Metro · 44m

There was more than one asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs, scientists say

The crater left from the second asteroid's impact has been dubbed the Nadir crater, and it was first discovered in 2022.

ESA's Hera spacecraft set for asteroid 'crime scene investigation'

Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...

Nature17h

A spaceship punched an asteroid — we’re about to learn what came next

ESA’s Hera mission will study a rock called Dimorphos, which was blasted by NASA, to work out how successful that approach ...

Asteroid Apophis' path near Earth in 2029 offers rare lessons in defending planet

Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...

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Investigating the possibility of using asteroid material to grow edible biomass for astronauts

A team of engineers and planetary scientists at Western University's Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, in Canada, ...

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Is Earth destined for another extinction-level asteroid event? | The Excerpt

Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to ...

Earth's new mini-moon belongs to a group of promising targets for future asteroid miners trying to send humans on deep-space missions

Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. When they're mini-moons, ...

1don MSN

Five-mile asteroid impact crater below Atlantic captured in 'exquisite' detail by seismic data

New images of an asteroid impact crater buried deep below the floor of the Atlantic Ocean have been published today by ...

The Next Web4h

ESA’s ‘planetary defence mission’ has startups dreaming of asteroid mining

The Hera mission will explore an asteroid deflection test. It also gives startups a chance to refine their technologies.

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Meet SpaceHopper, a three-legged hopping asteroid explorer

The bouncy bot was designed by university students in Switzerland for exploring microgravity environments, such as asteroids.

Al Jazeera English5h

Was Bruce Willis right? Could a nuclear blast save us from killer asteroid?

Scientists simulated a nuclear explosion using x-ray pulses to push an asteroid-like rock away in space-like conditions.

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