The European Space Agency's Hera will travel to the scene of the crash and investigate whether the asteroid has a new crater or new shape and whether it has begun to tumble.

This week's science highlights include the Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to U.S. scientists for the discovery of microRNA, ...

A SpaceX rocket that launched a planetary defense mission on Monday captured a breathtaking view of Earth shortly after ...

The Hera spacecraft, expected to take flight Monday morning, is part of a broader effort to bolster humanity’s planetary defense readiness.

The mission is heading out into space to study the impact of NASA's successful high-speed collision with an asteroid in 2022.

Europe's Hera probe successfully launched Monday on a mission to inspect the damage done by a NASA spacecraft that smashed ...

Hera launched on Monday, Oct. 7, at 10:52 AM EDT (14:52 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral ...

A European spacecraft is on its way to get an up-close look at an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed its own vehicle ...

SpaceX returned to flight with its Falcon 9 rocket Monday sending up the Hera probe for the European Space Agency, but have ...

SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Hera mission on Monday, October 7. Liftoff is ...

SpaceX has confirmed, and the Space Force and the Federal Aviation Administration state that the European Space Agency's Hera ...

The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday announced it was approving just one SpaceX Falcon 9 mission, although SpaceX ...