DARTs

Space & Cosmos

Hera probe departs to investigate the aftermath of DART’s asteroid impact

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will send the European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft into space from a launch pad in Florida. Credit: SpaceX The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft is departing to make follow-up observations of Dimorphos, two years after a previous spacecraft crashed the asteroid into a different orbit around the larger space rock. Scientists say a close look at…