Launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, it is the second part of a planetary defence test that could one day help save the planet.

The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small, harmless asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock ...

A European spacecraft is on its way to get an up-close look at an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed its own vehicle ...

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Europe's Hera probe launched Monday on a mission to inspect the damage done by a NASA spacecraft when it smashed into an ...

Space junk, also known as orbital debris, consists of man-made objects in orbit around Earth that no longer serve any purpose. These objects range from tiny paint flecks to large defunct spacecraft, ...

Despite an initially dismal forecast, SpaceX got a break in the weather to send Europe's Hera asteroid probe on its way.

There is very little doubt that Earth is getting warmer, and that this warming is a result of human-driven gases in the atmosphere that store heat and redirect it toward our planet's surface. And ...

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 ...

The European Space Agency’s Hera mission and two satellites are ready to survey the aftermath of NASA’s DART spacecraft, ...

The Hera spacecraft, expected to take flight Monday morning, is part of a broader effort to bolster humanity’s planetary defense readiness.

SpaceX returned to flight with its Falcon 9 rocket Monday sending up the Hera probe for the European Space Agency, but have ...