The deep-space mission is heading for Kamoʻoalewa, a strange asteroid that might be a piece of the moon. China has released a ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made the Earth and our environment what it is." ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has captured its first high-resolution images of an asteroid, revealing a space rock with a surprising shape. Lucy's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager captured asteroid ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock. The space agency released the images ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Lucy spacecraft's long-range reconnaissance imager captured asteroid Donaldjohanson in ...

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 ...

Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the small asteroid named Donaldjohanson for any danger it poses to Earth, unlike an infamous "city-killer" asteroid that briefly attracted attention ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft visited the asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson on Sunday, April 20, coming within 600 miles (920 kilometers) of the object located in the inner region of the asteroid belt ...