Europe’s Hera Probe Gets First Close Look at Dimorphos After Historic Asteroid Strike
Europe’s Hera spacecraft has captured its first detailed view of Dimorphos, the small asteroid moonlet left battered by NASA’s 2022 impact experiment. The images mark a critical milestone for planetary defense, offering scientists a rare chance to measure how a real asteroid responds after a deliberate collision and to refine future strategies for deflecting hazardous space rocks.
