She's been described as a chariot-riding queen of night and the mother of death, deceit and dreams. Who was this mist-shrouded figure that even the gods feared?

The launch of another important mission, NASA's Europa Clipper, is on hold due to Hurricane Milton. Two years ago, a NASA ...

The launch window for Hera, named after the Greek goddess of marriage, will open on Monday, October 7, 2024 at 10:52 am EDT. It will be launched into interplanetary transfer orbit atop a SpaceX ...

UPDATE Oct. 7: The Hera mission lifted off today ... Juventas, named for the Roman goddess of youth and rejuvenation, will perform radar sounding on Dimorphos with the smallest radar instrument ...

Sun poisoning doesn't mean you've been poisoned. It's not a formal medical term, but when people talk about sun poisoning, they're usually talking about a severe sunburn that seems similar to an ...

Given that Hera will be further out from the Sun than Earth for most of its mission, these solar panels need to be large and capable of collecting adequate amounts of sunlight. Once safely ...

SpaceX shared an awesome view of Earth captured during the early part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, which launched on Monday. The breathtaking image (below) shows part of ...

A federal district judge will weigh whether to accept the Justice Department’s and Boeing’s plea agreement, which one attorney tells the Sun ‘fails to deliver meaningful justice for the 346 lives lost ...

The shot, captured during the launch of the European Space Agency's Hera asteroid-inspecting mission, shows a gorgeous blue Earth hanging in space beside the nozzle of the Falcon 9's upper-stage ...

It will navigate to its destination with assistance of NavCams alongside a star- and sun-tracker. Hera weighs a whopping 2,676 pounds when fully fueled before launch. According to NASA ...

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is on its way to do follow-up observations of Dimorphos, two years after an earlier probe knocked the mini-asteroid into a different orbital path around ...

So the European Space Agency said it was sending Hera to the asteroid to conduct a "crime scene investigation" in the hopes of learning how Earth can best fend off asteroids that pose a threat.