Scientists – led by experts from Nasa – have spent more than 10 years working out how to prevent a devastating asteroid ...

ESA's Hera mission has completed the first critical maneuver on its journey to the Didymos binary asteroid system since ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble ...

The uncrewed Hera spacecraft is the European Space Agency's (ESA) contribution to the study of the Didymos asteroid system.

ESA's Hera spacecraft as it would look in space. Dimorphos is a small moonlet that orbits the bigger asteroid Didymos. In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into Dimorphos to see if it could change ...

Liftoff of the ESA/NASA Hera mission is set for Monday, sending a spacecraft on a two year journey to a familiar asteroid ...

By colliding with Dimorphos, a moonlet of the larger asteroid Didymos, Dart successfully shortened its orbit. The experiment showcased the potential to deflect a hazardous asteroid given ample warning ...

In 2022 its space agency, NASA, collided a semi-autonomous spacecraft (capable of self-steering as well as being remotely ...

The launch of another important mission, NASA's Europa Clipper, is on hold due to Hurricane Milton. Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test ...

It's a moonlet of Didymos, Greek for twin, a fast-spinning asteroid that's five times bigger. At that time, the asteroids will be 120 million miles (195 million kilometers) from Earth. Controlled ...

(This story has been updated to reflect the latest information from the FAA.) In 2022, a NASA spacecraft intentionally crashed into an asteroid to test a planetary defense system — could the ...