{"id":120751,"date":"2024-11-01T07:44:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T00:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120751"},"modified":"2024-11-01T07:44:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T00:44:45","slug":"earth-sure-looks-spooky-in-these-hyperspectral-images-from-europes-hera-asteroid-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120751","title":{"rendered":"Earth sure looks spooky in these &#8216;hyperspectral&#8217; images from Europe&#8217;s Hera asteroid probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>A strange Earth shines in new imagery captured by a European asteroid mission.<\/p>\n<p>The Hera spacecraft, which <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-esa-hera-asteroid-mission-launch-success\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-esa-hera-asteroid-mission-launch-success\">launched this month<\/a> to study a binary <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/51-asteroids-formation-discovery-and-exploration.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/51-asteroids-formation-discovery-and-exploration.html\">asteroid<\/a> system up close. turned its gaze back at our planet to capture spooky views of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/54-earth-history-composition-and-atmosphere.html\">Earth<\/a> in multiple wavelengths of light. The imagery was captured fro roughly 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers) away, using Hera&#8217;s HyperScout H hyperspectral imager.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>Besides being beautiful space art, the imagery &#8220;allows us to observe cloud patterns on our planet&#8221;, instrument team member Marcel Popescu of Romania&#8217;s University of Craiova said in a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22562-european-space-agency.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/22562-european-space-agency.html\">European Space Agency<\/a> (ESA) statement <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2024\/10\/Spooky_Earths_seen_by_Hera_s_HyperScout\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2024\/10\/Spooky_Earths_seen_by_Hera_s_HyperScout\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">released today<\/a> (Oct. 31). Popescu paraphrased planetary scientist and space popularizer <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/15994-carl-sagan.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/15994-carl-sagan.html\">Carl Sagan<\/a> (1934-1996): &#8220;All our lives are contained within these few pixels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hera mission, led by ESA, launched Oct. 7 atop a SpaceX <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18962-spacex-falcon-9.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/18962-spacex-falcon-9.html\">Falcon 9<\/a> rocket from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33926-cape-canaveral.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/33926-cape-canaveral.html\">Cape Canaveral Space Force Station<\/a> in coastal Florida.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-esa-hera-asteroid-mission-launch-success\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-esa-hera-asteroid-mission-launch-success\"><strong>SpaceX rocket launches Europe&#8217;s Hera planetary defense probe to visit asteroid smacked by NASA <\/strong><\/a><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/35047-spaceborne-don-pettit-space-book-photos.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/35047-spaceborne-don-pettit-space-book-photos.html\"><strong\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hera&#8217;s mission calls for the spacecraft to arrive at an asteroid pair in 2026 to follow up on NASA&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/dart-asteroid-mission\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/dart-asteroid-mission\">Double Asteroid Redirect Mission<\/a>, or DART for short. The smaller asteroid moonlet, called Dimorphos, was directly impacted by DART. The orbit of Dimorphos around its larger companion, Didymos, was permanently altered by the collision.<\/p>\n<p>DART demonstrated a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/planetary-defense-explained\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/planetary-defense-explained\">planetary defense<\/a> strategy that could be useful in moving threatening asteroids away from Earth. Hera&#8217;s job is to look at the collision&#8217;s aftermath from up close, given that DART&#8217;s impact has only been examined by telescopes to date. HyperScout H, the Hera instrument that just observed Earth, will examine the mineral composition of Dimorphos when it arrives.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-nAUPsThvGZWjcK8LKmX2EL\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-nAUPsThvGZWjcK8LKmX2EL slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This first calibration test was an exciting experience, which showed that both the instrument and its data processing chain are working well,&#8221; said instrument principal investigator Julia de Le\u00f3n, of the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, in the same statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/asteroid-bound-hera-spacecraft-captures-spooky-view-of-earth-photo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A strange Earth shines in new imagery captured by a European asteroid mission. 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