In a previous work, we showed that the capture mechanism of a binary asteroid under the co-planar four-body scenario yielded permanent captured objects with an orbital shape which is very similar to ...

The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.

On 12 March 2025, the Hera spacecraft used Mars's gravity to accelerate its journey to the Didymos/Dimorphos binary asteroid system. The probe's camera system, developed and built in Germany, captured ...

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Hera is a binary asteroid exploration mission led by the European Space Agency (ESA) and equipped with the Thermal InfraRed Imager (TIRI) developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). On ...

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

The gravity of the red planet shifts the spacecraft's trajectory towards the Didymos binary asteroid system, shortening its trip by months and saving substantial fuel. This is a simulation of that ...

In November 2023, Lucy successfully observed Dinkinesh, a small main-belt asteroid, along with its contact-binary moon, Selam. Over the next two months, the spacecraft will continue imaging ...