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Europe’s Hera Mission Launches to Visit an Asteroid Smacked by NASA
On October 7, 2024, the European Space Agency (ESA) embarked on a groundbreaking journey with the launch...
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Hera mission set to revisit asteroid after NASA’s redirection test
The threat of potentially hazardous asteroids has long been a concern for planetary defense experts. In ...
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Small, harmless asteroid burns up in Earth’s atmosphere over the Philippines
On a clear night over the Philippines, residents witnessed a brief but brilliant streak of light as a sm...
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NASA shuts down down asteroid-hunting NEOWISE telescope as the sun drags it to its doom
NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, commonly known as NEOWISE, has officially ...