Spinning through space: The astronomers watching the skies for asteroids
"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...
Mars Gets a Close-Up and a Photo Bomb as Europe’s Hera Mission Swoops Past
The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.
Unprecedented images of mysterious Mars moon captured by space probe
A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.
European spacecraft got rare close-up of Mars' lesser-known moon
A European spacecraft on a journey to study NASA's asteroid crash site did a quick pop-in of Mars on its way, capturing ...
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Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)
Europe's HERA mission has taken a good look at Mars and its moon Deimos on its way to explore the aftermath of the DART ...
Top Chinese scientist calls for global cooperation in near Earth asteroid defense
The 776th session of the Xiangshan Science Conference, themed "Key Scientific and Engineering Challenges in Near-Earth ...