NASA and ESA explain their asteroid mission Hera, which is to determine whether it would be possible to deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.
is named after the Egyptian ‘God of Chaos’ and darkness. As reported by The Sun, Russian scientists fear it could smash into Earth at breakneck speeds of 15,000mph. Youtube channel Space Sim made a video simulating the impact two years ago: “In this simulation the asteroid first hits and then sends fragments from the collision back into space."These orbited the Earth for a short period of time before coming back to Earth.
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