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Mars, Deimos and asteroid

New Scientist on MSN · 15h

Hera asteroid mission takes stunning images of Mars’s moon Deimos

A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of Mars and its moon Deimos

Space.com on MSN · 10h

Tiny Mars moon Deimos gets a rare close-up, thanks to Europe's Hera asteroid probe (photos)

Europe's HERA mission has taken a good look at Mars and its moon Deimos on its way to explore the aftermath of the DART impact in the Didymos–Dimorphos asteroid system.

Voice of America · 7h

Asteroid probe snaps rare images of Martian moon

For an hour, HERA flew as close as 5,600 kilometers from the Martian surface, at a speed of 33,480 kilometers an hour. It used the opportunity to test some of its scientific instruments, snapping around 600 pictures, including rare ones of Deimos.

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.

Malay Mail · 55m

European probe swings past Mars, snaps stunning photos of elusive moon Deimos during asteroid mission

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare images of the red

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Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

An Asteroid Won’t Destroy Life on Earth in 2032, but It Will Eventually

It came from outer space! In the early morning of June 30, 1908, people in the remote Tunguska region of Siberia beheld an ...

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Ancient Asteroid Unlocks 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Magnetic Secrets of the Solar System

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

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Scientists Found 52-Foot-Tall Underground Ripples From the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs

The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years ...

New Scientist2d

The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought

Analysis of samples brought back to Earth from the asteroid Bennu reveal that it has a bizarre chemical make-up and is ...

Astronomers watching 'city-killer' asteroid to determine chance of striking Earth in 2032

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

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An Asteroid (Probably) Isn’t Hitting Earth Any Time Soon

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

GB News on MSN1d

Extinction asteroid's impact on Earth laid bare as new map outlines 'mega ripples' on seafloor

Scientists have created a new 3D map of "mega ripples" on the seafloor caused by the Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out ...

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