NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

"These early images of Donaldjohanson are again showing the tremendous capabilities of the Lucy spacecraft as an engine of ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft successfully flew past asteroid Donaldjohanson, collecting data and images of the second of its 11 ...

The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This Sunday, Lucy was expected to fly past her second target ...

“As we study the complex structures in detail, they will reveal important information about the building blocks and ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby. NASA released the images on Monday, a day ...

It also has a rapid rotation rate of about once every 20 minutes ... practice for when a potentially killer asteroid heads our way. Get the latest news and more great videos at NewsdayTV ...

Asteroid Donaldjohanson was the second destination on the NASA mission’s itinerary — and its size and shape were not what scientists expected.

The first images of asteroid Donaldjohanson after Lucy spacecraft 's April 20 flyby have arrived. NASA shared the pictures on ...

On February 20, NASA removed 2024 YR4 from its naughty list after calculations showed that the asteroid had a near-zero chance of hitting Earth. Phew. The news gets even better—new observations ...

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near ... shaped and rapidly rotated every 20 minutes. “YR4 spins once every ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck.