The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera spacecraft successfully tested its autonomous surface feature tracking system during a high-speed flyby of Mars, marking a crucial milestone ahead of its ...

The results of Hera's flyby could ultimately tell us whether Deimos is a captured asteroid or made from debris from a giant impact on Mars.

But the European Space Agency (ESA) is looking at a far subtler approach to saving the planet – a gravity tractor. The plan involves sending a spacecraft to rendezvous with a dangerous asteroid and ...

The Hera Space Companion provides updates on the European Space Agency’s Hera Project, part of a global effort to defend earth against an asteroid strike that could have catastrophic effects. The ...

The European Space Agency has kicked off a competition to support the development of new launch vehicles and boost Europe's access to space. The agency issued the call for proposals for the ...

Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to rovers on the Martian surface. The only way to see Deimos’ far side up close is ...

Hera, European Space Agency’s (ESA) flagship planetary defense mission that launched in October 2024, took images of Mars and Deimos, one of its two moons, yesterday. The mission’s flyby was ...

according to a new report by the European Space Agency. The report follows a Chinese launch last August that raised alarms worldwide after a Long March 6A rocket exploded and created one of the ...

Astrophysicist Carole Mundell, the European Space Agency's director of science, called Euclid a "dark detective." "We now understand about 5% of the universe," Mundell said. "The other 95% is dark ...

Europe is set to see its demand for launch services grow, so the European Space Agency is launching a new competition to help it find new commercial rockets. | Credit: ESA The European Space ...

One of the volunteers consuming the suspended lunch. The European Space Agency (ESA) is paying volunteers Rs 4.72 lakh (5,000 euros) for a 10-day study that requires them to do nothing but just ...