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NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images
NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets first images of 'strikingly complicated' asteroid that will shed light on early solar system
NASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system.
Update: NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Send Back Video Of ‘Peculiar’ Asteroid
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft successfully flew past asteroid Donaldjohanson, collecting data and images of the second of its 11 ...
NASA's Lucy spacecraft captures images of peanut-shaped asteroid during 30,000 mph flyby
This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point — resembling a ...
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Nasa shares first images of unexplored 'Trojan' asteroid which could revolutionise understanding of early Solar System
A Nasa spacecraft has captured its first detailed images of an unexplored asteroid, revealing a bizarrely shaped ...
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“Super-Earths” Don’t Exist In The Solar System – But They’re Very Common Elsewhere
The Solar System is very tidy. You have four rocky planets near the Sun, and four gas giant planets further away. An asteroid ...
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Do you remember asteroid 2024 YR4? It has changed course, and has a new target
YR4 may hit the Moon after changing its path away from Earth. Learn what this means, how it happened, and what scientists are ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft to fly past asteroid at 30,000 mph as it prepares for a bigger mission
NASA's Lucy spacecraft is set to fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson, located 139 million miles away in the asteroid belt. This flyby serves as a cruci ...
NASA snaps detailed photos of ‘strikingly complicated’ asteroid
“As we study the complex structures in detail, they will reveal important information about the building blocks and ...
NASA’s Lucy Captures Stunning Views of Peanut-Shaped Asteroid in Latest Flyby
Asteroid Donaldjohanson has turned out to be a picturesque waypoint as NASA’s mission heads toward Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids ...
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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Just Flew by a Strange, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid. See the New Images From the Approach
The close-up views of asteroid Donaldjohanson are a preview of what’s to come for Lucy on its 12-year quest to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids ...