ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence has begun surveying its target asteroids from 30-25 km away, flying in 'rectangular orbits' around the ultra-low-gravity Didymos and Dimorphos bodies 🛰️🪨🪨
www.esa.int/articles/her...
www.esa.int/articles/her...
November 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence has begun surveying its target asteroids from 30-25 km away, flying in 'rectangular orbits' around the ultra-low-gravity Didymos and Dimorphos bodies 🛰️🪨🪨
www.esa.int/articles/her...
www.esa.int/articles/her...
Spot the hidden asteroid! One half of the Didymos binary system is front & centre in this new image from ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence, taken from 56 km away - but can you see the other one?
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November 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Spot the hidden asteroid! One half of the Didymos binary system is front & centre in this new image from ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence, taken from 56 km away - but can you see the other one?
www.esa.int/articles/abo...
www.esa.int/articles/abo...
Han Solo was wrong! The trick to flying a spaceship around asteroids is going *really* slowly…
ESA’s newly-arrived Hera mission is moving at just 12 cm/s around the Didymos binary asteroids, about as rapid as a fast-crawling insect!
ESA’s newly-arrived Hera mission is moving at just 12 cm/s around the Didymos binary asteroids, about as rapid as a fast-crawling insect!
November 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Han Solo was wrong! The trick to flying a spaceship around asteroids is going *really* slowly…
ESA’s newly-arrived Hera mission is moving at just 12 cm/s around the Didymos binary asteroids, about as rapid as a fast-crawling insect!
ESA’s newly-arrived Hera mission is moving at just 12 cm/s around the Didymos binary asteroids, about as rapid as a fast-crawling insect!
ESA’s Euclid mission unveils treasure trove of cosmic data
ESA’s Euclid mission unveils treasure trove of cosmic data
The release comprises 13 months of observations, capturing the light of more than a billion objects
The post ESA’s Euclid mission unveils treasure trove of cosmic data appeared first on Physics World.
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November 12, 2026 at 11:05 AM
ESA’s Euclid mission unveils treasure trove of cosmic data
Europe's Hera Begins Close-Up Asteroid Investigation
ESA's spacecraft is now surveying the Didymos system from just 25–30 km away, gathering evidence to improve future asteroid-deflection techniques.
#PlanetaryDefence #MarBro #ESA #HERA #SpaceNews
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ESA's spacecraft is now surveying the Didymos system from just 25–30 km away, gathering evidence to improve future asteroid-deflection techniques.
#PlanetaryDefence #MarBro #ESA #HERA #SpaceNews
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ESA's Hera Begins Close-Up Asteroid Investigation | MarBro
ESA's Hera spacecraft is surveying Didymos and Dimorphos from 25–30 kilometres away, investigating the aftermath of NASA's asteroid-deflection experiment.
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November 12, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Europe's Hera Begins Close-Up Asteroid Investigation
ESA's spacecraft is now surveying the Didymos system from just 25–30 km away, gathering evidence to improve future asteroid-deflection techniques.
#PlanetaryDefence #MarBro #ESA #HERA #SpaceNews
www.marbro.uk/news/3446409...
ESA's spacecraft is now surveying the Didymos system from just 25–30 km away, gathering evidence to improve future asteroid-deflection techniques.
#PlanetaryDefence #MarBro #ESA #HERA #SpaceNews
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Back in 1997, there was no Instagram to get the word out about games. So, according to a survey of >27 CEOs for the IDSA (the ESA's predecessor), it was video game magazine advertising that ruled the roost re: marketing: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/2be68b3e-b8df-42d8-b8f8-02c8d8f8539d
November 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Back in 1997, there was no Instagram to get the word out about games. So, according to a survey of >27 CEOs for the IDSA (the ESA's predecessor), it was video game magazine advertising that ruled the roost re: marketing: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/2be68b3e-b8df-42d8-b8f8-02c8d8f8539d
#PPOD: A whole new side of an asteroid comes into view in this remarkable image captured by ESA's Hera spacecraft. Taken from just 60 kilometers away, the image reveals Didymos's rugged surface: a 780-meter-wide asteroid covered in boulders, craters, and intriguing patterns of grooves and ridges. 🧪
November 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
#PPOD: A whole new side of an asteroid comes into view in this remarkable image captured by ESA's Hera spacecraft. Taken from just 60 kilometers away, the image reveals Didymos's rugged surface: a 780-meter-wide asteroid covered in boulders, craters, and intriguing patterns of grooves and ridges. 🧪
NASA's #DART mission — the world's first planetary defense test — struck #asteroid Dimorphos back in 2022.
ESA's #Hera mission is the follow-up, designed to give researchers insights into the art of deflecting future asteroids.
Read more at: buff.ly/Yrc2RA9
📸 ESA.
ESA's #Hera mission is the follow-up, designed to give researchers insights into the art of deflecting future asteroids.
Read more at: buff.ly/Yrc2RA9
📸 ESA.
November 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM
NASA's #DART mission — the world's first planetary defense test — struck #asteroid Dimorphos back in 2022.
ESA's #Hera mission is the follow-up, designed to give researchers insights into the art of deflecting future asteroids.
Read more at: buff.ly/Yrc2RA9
📸 ESA.
ESA's #Hera mission is the follow-up, designed to give researchers insights into the art of deflecting future asteroids.
Read more at: buff.ly/Yrc2RA9
📸 ESA.
Learn more about ESA's Climate Change Initiative’s contribution to Earth Information Day: climate.esa.int/de/events/ea...
Earth Information Day 2026 at COP31
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November 12, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Learn more about ESA's Climate Change Initiative’s contribution to Earth Information Day: climate.esa.int/de/events/ea...
a few years ago, humanity crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid and CHANGED ITS ORBIT. now we’ve sent another spacecraft millions of miles away to investigate the aftermath.
this is the first close-up image of didymos and dimorphos from esa’s hera mission!!!
this is the first close-up image of didymos and dimorphos from esa’s hera mission!!!
November 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
a few years ago, humanity crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid and CHANGED ITS ORBIT. now we’ve sent another spacecraft millions of miles away to investigate the aftermath.
this is the first close-up image of didymos and dimorphos from esa’s hera mission!!!
this is the first close-up image of didymos and dimorphos from esa’s hera mission!!!
What is ESA's Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP) and what can it do for you?
At the recent NAVISP Industry Days in Rome, Italy, we asked ESA, industry representatives and Member States to explain NAVISP in their own words. 👇
At the recent NAVISP Industry Days in Rome, Italy, we asked ESA, industry representatives and Member States to explain NAVISP in their own words. 👇
November 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
What is ESA's Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP) and what can it do for you?
At the recent NAVISP Industry Days in Rome, Italy, we asked ESA, industry representatives and Member States to explain NAVISP in their own words. 👇
At the recent NAVISP Industry Days in Rome, Italy, we asked ESA, industry representatives and Member States to explain NAVISP in their own words. 👇
Orbiting ESA satellite gets voice-activated Doom 🎮
Amateur radio operators in Oslo launched Doom on the ESA's OPS-SAT PRETTY satellite using voice commands and a 27 MB onboard AI model.
Amateur radio operators in Oslo launched Doom on the ESA's OPS-SAT PRETTY satellite using voice commands and a 27 MB onboard AI model.
November 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Orbiting ESA satellite gets voice-activated Doom 🎮
Amateur radio operators in Oslo launched Doom on the ESA's OPS-SAT PRETTY satellite using voice commands and a 27 MB onboard AI model.
Amateur radio operators in Oslo launched Doom on the ESA's OPS-SAT PRETTY satellite using voice commands and a 27 MB onboard AI model.
📸🌟In case you missed the National Insect Photographic Exhibition on Monday at #EntSoc26, here's a sample of some of the amazing shots selected. Stay tuned for more to be shared weekly via ESA's Arthropod Photo of the Week series in 2027! #arthropodPOTW 🦗🪰🐜🐛
November 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
📸🌟In case you missed the National Insect Photographic Exhibition on Monday at #EntSoc26, here's a sample of some of the amazing shots selected. Stay tuned for more to be shared weekly via ESA's Arthropod Photo of the Week series in 2027! #arthropodPOTW 🦗🪰🐜🐛
Space: ESA’s Hera has begun studying the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos, whose orbit NASA’s DART deliberately changed, flying 25–30 km away. ESA
November 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Space: ESA’s Hera has begun studying the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos, whose orbit NASA’s DART deliberately changed, flying 25–30 km away. ESA
Source: ESA (Celebrating the legacy of ESA's Planck mission); USGS (Age of the Earth (Geologic Time)); International Commission on Stratigrap
November 10, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Source: ESA (Celebrating the legacy of ESA's Planck mission); USGS (Age of the Earth (Geologic Time)); International Commission on Stratigrap
A milestone worth celebrating! 🎉✨
Members of @esa.int's astronaut reserve have completed their Astronaut Reserve Training, celebrated with a special ceremony at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne 🇩🇪
Congratulations to the Chameleons! 🦎🚀
www.esa.int/articles/abo...
Members of @esa.int's astronaut reserve have completed their Astronaut Reserve Training, celebrated with a special ceremony at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne 🇩🇪
Congratulations to the Chameleons! 🦎🚀
www.esa.int/articles/abo...
November 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
A milestone worth celebrating! 🎉✨
Members of @esa.int's astronaut reserve have completed their Astronaut Reserve Training, celebrated with a special ceremony at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne 🇩🇪
Congratulations to the Chameleons! 🦎🚀
www.esa.int/articles/abo...
Members of @esa.int's astronaut reserve have completed their Astronaut Reserve Training, celebrated with a special ceremony at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne 🇩🇪
Congratulations to the Chameleons! 🦎🚀
www.esa.int/articles/abo...
Try this one (yes, lenses were used multiple times, but we have 15,000 galaxy-galaxy lensing candidates!):
www.esa.int/media/about-...
www.esa.int/media/about-...
Explore Euclid’s largest-ever catalogue of cosmic lenses
<p>On 12 November 2026,<a href="https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ESA’s Euclid space telescope</a> released its first major batch ...
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November 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Try this one (yes, lenses were used multiple times, but we have 15,000 galaxy-galaxy lensing candidates!):
www.esa.int/media/about-...
www.esa.int/media/about-...
ESA's Hera spacecraft begins close inspections of asteroid impacted by NASA in 2022
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is studying Didymos and Dimorphos from 15 to 18 miles away, following NASA's 2022 DART impact test.
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is studying Didymos and Dimorphos from 15 to 18 miles away, following NASA's 2022 DART impact test.
ESA's Hera spacecraft begins close inspections of asteroid impacted by NASA in 2022
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is studying Didymos and Dimorphos from 15 to 18 miles away, following NASA's 2022 DART impact test.
hermes-vector.buzz
November 12, 2026 at 12:19 AM
ESA's Hera spacecraft begins close inspections of asteroid impacted by NASA in 2022
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is studying Didymos and Dimorphos from 15 to 18 miles away, following NASA's 2022 DART impact test.
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is studying Didymos and Dimorphos from 15 to 18 miles away, following NASA's 2022 DART impact test.
Trace Gas Orbiter
ESA's largest and most sophisticated Mars explorer
www.esa.int
November 10, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Hera spacecraft photographs asteroid from 37 miles away
Hera spacecraft photographs asteroid from 37 miles away
The ESA’s spacecraft is en route to study the aftermath of DART's collision with Diphamos in 2022.
www.popsci.com
November 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Hera spacecraft photographs asteroid from 37 miles away
NASA performed a mission called DART on this asteroid system. HERA is a follow up to investigate the effects on the asteroid as part of ESA’s initiative to protect the Earth from asteroid impacts
November 11, 2026 at 6:08 PM
NASA performed a mission called DART on this asteroid system. HERA is a follow up to investigate the effects on the asteroid as part of ESA’s initiative to protect the Earth from asteroid impacts
truly shocked to see esa's placement on here
November 6, 2026 at 2:56 AM
truly shocked to see esa's placement on here