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. During its brief rendezvous with the Red Planet, Hera caught a glimpse of the less-seen side of Mars’ smaller, tidally-locked moon as it orbited its home planet.
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
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What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)It might not look like much in this image, but this is the asteroid that has made a major ... the fact that 2024 YR4 was observed when the moon was 70% illuminated, meaning there was a ...
Scientists suspect that if 2024 YR4 impacts the Moon, some debris from Earth’s neighbour might rain back onto the planet. Artist’s depiction of what a large lunar impact event might look like ...
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking Earth eight years from now.
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander captured a poignant view of a lunar sunrise in a lens-flare-filled image snapped from its new home on the moon.
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