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.
Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...
YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
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NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon ...
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Astronomers Discover 128 New Moons Orbiting Saturn, Cementing the Planet’s Title of ‘Moon King’The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a ...
SpaceX will launch Intuitive Machine’s Athena lunar lander toward the moon’s south pole on Wednesday, marking the latest ...
To the relief of many (and maybe disappointment for some), the chances of an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth in the year 2032 have diminished significantly since it was first ...
The Museum of the Moon, a luminous sculpture by internationally renowned artist Luke Jerram, was unveiled at St Canice's ...
Not that it was a competition, but Saturn surpassed Jupiter in known moons a few years ago. Now the giant planet may never ...
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