Hera mission will arrive at asteroid impact site in November
Reported by Space | EarthSky
The Hera mission will reach asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos in November 2026. The DART mission struck Dimorphos as a planetary defense test in 2022.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:05 +0000
Fans of the Arctic
Reported by NASA
Sediment eroded from ice-capped mountains splays out across a broad river valley on Russia’s Severny Island....
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:01 +0000
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4941-4947: (Pin)Stripes on the Fourth of July
Reported by NASA
Written by Deborah Padgett, MSL Operations Product Ground System Task Lead at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Thursday, July 2, 2026 Curiosity spent the week leading up to the Fourth of July holiday approaching a geologic boundary b...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:04 +0000
Researchers Prove Black Theory in a Laboratory Setting
Reported by Universe Today
Researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center have demonstrated a new approach to wave amplification through interaction with rotating bodies. Rather than mechanically rotating matter, however, the team engineered a radi...
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:08 +0000
Rebooting a Spacecraft, 140 Million Kilometres From Home.
Reported by Universe Today
Engineers have just upgraded the software running a spacecraft 140 million kilometres away, then held their breath through two full reboots with an eight minute delay on every command. The prize for getting it right is a close up look at an asteroid humani...
- By: Mark Thompson (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/mark)
- On: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:30 +0000
NASA Study Points to Smoother Air Taxi Rides
Reported by NASA
No one wants to get into an uncomfortable aircraft. NASA research could help the emerging industry of air taxis —small, vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft meant for short trips — understand the relationship between comfort and willingness to fly. Th...
- By: NASA
- On: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:46 +0000