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'Right now, we are in what has to be a Golden Age of asteroid exploration.' Scientists celebrate NASA's latest space rock flyby
Asteroid experts are pondering the scientific output from the NASA Lucy spacecraft after it shot by its celestial destination ...
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Spacecraft captures rare photo of a remnant from our solar system's formation
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...
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NASA’s Lucy Mission Provides Humanity’s First Picture of Peanut-Shaped Giant Asteroid – (LOOK)
The asteroid has been compared to a lumpy bowling pin by space-watchers, with NASA describing it as looking like two ice ...
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Bluegrass Skies: Historic space rendezvous
Lucy, an ambitious NASA mission to the outer solar system, just met its maker. The spacecraft completed a flyby of the main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday. Data collected ...
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin
Lucy passed within 600 miles of the harmless asteroid known as Donaldjohanson on Sunday in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It's named for the paleontologist who discovered the ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock.
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin
This photo provided by NASA shows the asteroid Donaldjohanson as seen by the Lucy spacecraft during its flyby on Sunday, April 20, 2025. (NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns ...