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Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos
A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...
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‘City-killer’ asteroid had 20% chance of hitting Earth, Nasa feared but now it’s likelier to strike MOON in horror smash
If the asteroid collided with the Moon, Earth would be largely unaffected ... Nasa has repeatedly changed estimates on whether the asteroid will crash into Earth. Astronomers first noticed ...
Hera Asteroid Probe Spots Mysterious Martian Moon During Flyby
The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 more likely to smash into the Moon? Here’s what scientists predict about earth-asteroid collision
Asteroid 2024 YR4, a large space rock continues ... 2032 but now experts suggest that it is now more likely to smash into the Moon. Estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, there is 1 percent ...
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Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)
The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...
Asteroid probe snaps rare pics of Martian moon
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...
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Mysterious Mars moon captured in unprecedented images by space probe
Scientists have previously speculated that it may actually be a piece of asteroid, not a moon. Hera got as close ... and start our crash site investigation of the only object in our Solar System ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five space rocks ...
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A tiny moon photobombs Mars as Europe’s Hera mission swoops past
When the first shots of the moon appeared, many of the Hera team members ... the Double Asteroid Redirection Test. DART ...
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Check Out These Rare Images of Deimos, One of Mars’ Mysterious Moons
Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to ...
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Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)
Martian moon ... the 'asteroid proximity operation' "That's going to be a real challenge — just imagine flying through an environment that's so dynamic," said Carnelli. Hera will enter into ...