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.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has ... past Earth at about twice the Moon’s distance. Observations allowed its size to be estimated at 40 to 90 m (130 to 295 ft) wide. Like all near-Earth objects (NEOs ...
The best case scenario is that the asteroid will pass within just 167,000 miles of our planet; the moon is 238,855 miles ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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