European Space Agency launches mission to study asteroid deflected by NASA
NASA’s DART mission successfully deflected the asteroid Dimorphos through kinetic impact in 2022, altering its trajectory.
Northern Lights could be visible from Britain this weekend
Aurora sightings may be possible on Saturday night if the skies are clear after huge solar flare erupts from the sun ...
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 ...
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Three Johns Hopkins APL Staffers Named Associate Fellows by Aerospace Technical Society
Three members of APL’s Space Exploration Sector have been named 2025 associate fellows by the American Institute of ...
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 ...
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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.
Nasa’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will investigate whether an icy moon of Jupiter can support alien life
Scientists have advocated for a mission to Europa since at least the 1990s. Nasa’s Europa Orbiter was cancelled in 2002, ...
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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 ...
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How Europe's creating the moon on Earth
Getting to the moon takes a lot of small steps, like Europe's new LUNA training facility. But it's not there yet. Next step: a moon gravity simulator ...
Map Shows US and China's Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
Aircraft carriers from China and the United States were operating in the Pacific Ocean this week. An American aircraft ...
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Vega C ready for return to flight after second motor test
A second successful test of a redesigned rocket motor clears the way for Europe’s Vega C rocket to return to flight nearly two years after a launch failure.
Satellite imagery show Iranian oil tankers at country's major terminal disappearing amid fears of Israeli counterattack
Fifteen miles off Iran’s northwestern coast, the Kharg Island terminal handles more than 90% of the country’s crude exports.