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

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

Asteroid Donaldjohanson has turned out to be a picturesque waypoint as NASA’s mission heads toward Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft made a successful flyby of the second asteroid on its must-see list over the weekend, and sent back ...

This 150-million-year old space rock may look like a badly-shaped potato but studying it could help scientists understand how ...

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Braces For Second Asteroid Encounter in Deep Space — But It's Only a ‘Dress Rehearsal' As humanity ...

2024 YR4 hails from the middle of the main asteroid belt that hangs out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter – and it was ...

NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width.

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

NASAs Lucy spacecraft has successfully completed a close flyby of asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson, located in the main ...

The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, flew into view of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in ...