ESA's Hera spacecraft arrived at the Didymos binary asteroid system on November 5, 2026, returning the first close-range science image of the asteroid humanity deliberately altered with DART's…

ESA's Hera spacecraft arrived at the Didymos binary asteroid system on November 5, 2026, returning the first close-range science image of the asteroid humanity deliberately altered with DART's 2022 impact. The image reveals boulder-strewn terrain DART never photographed and opens a six-month planetary defense science campaign.

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