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Check Out These Rare Images of Deimos, One of Mars’ Mysterious Moons
Like our moon, Deimos is tidally locked to Mars, meaning the same side always faces the planet—the only side visible to ...
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ESA’s Hera Probe captures stunning Mars and Deimos images on its way to asteroid mission
ESA’s Hera probe captures stunning images of Mars and its moon Deimos during a historic flyby, offering new insights into the ...
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‘Gravity tractor’ could be deployed to nudge asteroids away from Earth, says European Space Agency
Hollywood films would have us believe the best way to deal with an Earth-threatening asteroid is to blast it out of orbit. But the European Space Agency (ESA) is looking at a far subtler approach to ...
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.
Spinning through space: The astronomers watching the skies for asteroids
"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...
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En Route to Asteroid Collision, HERA Snaps Rare Images of Martian Moon
On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...
A new crew launches to the International Space Station to replace NASA's two stuck astronauts
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new crew launches to the International Space Station to replace NASA's two stuck astronauts. The Met Office has issued a verdict on whether this will be possible to see ...