ESA’s Hera is set to provide some spectacular new views of a familiar binary asteroid. In just one more month, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission will make history. Moving at 12 kilometers per second versus Earth, the mission is about to rendezvous with the binary Dimorphos-Didymos asteroid pair. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission slammed into Dimorphos in 2022, and now Hera will provide a follow up view of the mission’s resulting handiwork. The European Space Agency (ESA) recently released a thought-provoking look at the perspectives of Hera, and what an astronaut might see from the surface of the asteroids as the mission speeds by. Didymos (lower left) and Dimorphos, imaged by the DART spacecraft, shortly before impact. Credit: NASA But what would it be like to ‘hitch a ride’ aboard Hera? Launched on a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on October 7th, 2024, Hera is ESA’s first Space Safety Programme-class mission. The spacecraft took just over two years to reach its destination. Even now, the pair is little more than a few pixels across in Hera’s view. The mission just imaged Didymos in July 2026. Hera catches first sight of its binary asteroid destination. Credit: ESA...

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SARS-CoV-2 is the virus responsible for COVID-19. Individuals with COVID-19 may report a range of symptoms, which continues to grow as experts learn more about the illness. While it is not a common symptom, acquiring an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may lead to a person developing infective conjunctivitis, known as pink eye. A 2020 study notes that in 216 children with COVID-19, the researchers identified roughly 23% with symptoms of conjunctivitis. However, in adults, this seems to be less common, with evidence suggesting that pink eye can occur in approximately 1–3% of adults with the disease. This may indicate that while pink eye is an uncommon symptom, it is more likely to occur in children with COVID-19. Aside from pink eye, COVID-19 may also result in other eye problems, which could lead to various symptoms, such as vision loss or eye pain. In this article, we will discuss the possible associations between eye problems and COVID-19. We also explore how people can protect their eyes. A 2021 article suggests that the prevalence of ophthalmological symptoms — which affect the eyes — in people with COVID-19 may range from 2–32%. While pink eye seems to be one of the more...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uses the fight against antisemitism to legitimize his alliances with Jewish supremacists and the European far right, writes historian Jean-Pierre Filiu in his column for Le Monde.

The European Union is set to disburse approximately 3 billion euros ($4.8 billion) of defense support to Ukraine this week as part of the bloc's 90 billion euro support loan ($100 billion) for Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 11. "We deeply appreciate every concrete step taken to support our defense and our people," Zelensky said following a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Oct. 11. The phone call came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump's announced an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. Ukrainian officials told the Kyiv Independent that Kyiv had no information about the energy ceasefire, although Zelensky clarified that Ukraine would "accept it." In a post on X following the call, von der Leyen said the European Commission "fully supported" Zelensky's calls for a ceasefire, adding that the EU would provide the funding this week "to strengthen Ukraine’s defences and protect its skies." The EU's 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine, approved in April 2026, was intended to provide two-thirds of Kyiv's financial and defense needs until the end of 2027. In 2026, 28.3 billion euros ($31.7 billion) was earmarked for defense, and Ukraine's plans for how to spend that...