A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

The results of Hera's fly-by could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant ...

ESA's Hera spacecraft inaugurated use of its science instruments to image the smaller of the planet's two moons, Deimos.

While the car-sized spacecraft flew around the Mars system, flight controllers on Earth temporarily lost communication with ...

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Space probe Hera passed Mars while on its way to the Didymos asteroid system as part of planetary defence mission. View on ...

Space HPC is designed to enhance ESA’s scientific research and technological development efforts, while also providing small ...

High above the Arctic Circle, on the rugged terrain of Andøya, three ESA radionavigation engineers take a rare moment to unwind with a game of shuffleboard. Outside, sheep graze under the shimmering ...

Hera will investigate the consequences of the targeted impact of the Dart probe into an asteroid moon. It has now gained ...

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 ...

Citing “extinction-level threats from habitat-destroying development and sea-level rise,” the Center for Biological Diversity ...