A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed ...
The European Space Agency will probe a harmless asteroid Nasa hit in 2022 as part of a "planetary defence test".
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket snapped a pretty special in-space selfie on Monday (Oct. 7). The shot, captured during the launch of ...
The European Space Agency's Hera will travel to the scene of the crash and investigate whether the asteroid has a new crater or new shape and whether it has begun to tumble.
A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the ...
It turns out a laser can beam data back to Earth even if it’s based as far away as Mars, according to a new test from NASA.
The European Space Agency launched its HERA spacecraft to study an asteroid NASA crashed into two years ago. The mission aims ...
Nasa has successfully sent a laser signal about 290 million miles, smashing previous records and potentially transforming our ...
Two years ago, the European Space Agency's probe was launched to examine the progress of the so-called Earth defense experiment, which changes the orbit of an asteroid by colliding a spacecraft with ...