Science & Tech · Space · 18 hrs ago

Europe’s Hera mission maps hidden terrain on an asteroid hit by NASA

Europe’s Hera mission maps hidden terrain on an asteroid hit by NASA

Europe’s Hera mission is studying an asteroid NASA targeted.

The asteroid’s name and location are not given here.

Hera is revealing previously hidden terrain on the space rock.

The mission is also examining the effects of an impact.

That collision changed the asteroid’s orbit.

Studying the terrain and the changed orbit may help explain what the impact did.

Hera is investigating the collision’s effects, but no further findings or next steps are described.

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