Mars Gets a Close-Up and a Photo Bomb as Europe’s Hera Mission Swoops Past
The Red Planet and its tiny moon Deimos were recorded at a very near distance as the asteroid-chasing spacecraft completed a flyby on Wednesday.
ESA's Hera asteroid probe gained momentum during flyby of Mars
Hera will investigate the consequences of the targeted impact of the Dart probe into an asteroid moon. It has now gained ...
Study uncovers source of Mars' redness — a key indicator the planet (maybe) once had life
A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals that Mars is red for very much the same reason it may have once been home to life — namely, that it was a wet planet. This is in line with ...
‘A great success story for the Irish space strategy’: Technology designed in Dublin guiding Mars fly-by
Technology designed in Dublin will assist a European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft called Hera as it navigates a close fly-by ...
Space Waltz: ESA to put Strauss among the stars on his 200th birthday
The Waltz King's Blue Danube was left out of the 'Golden Records' attached to the Voyager probes in the 1970s. The city of ...