"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." ...

It's the shape and possible cosmic history of Donaldjohanson that instead intrigued NASA when the space agency's Lucy spacecraft recently passed the asteroid by during its own cosmic journey.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid ...

Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Produced, Edited, and Narrated by: David Ladd (AIMM) Animations by: Walt Feimer ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy space rock that resembles an odd-shaped peanut. The space agency released the images Monday ...

Lucy's first asteroid encounter—a flyby of the tiny main belt asteroid Dinkinesh and its satellite, Selam, on Nov. 1, 2023—provided the team with an opportunity for a systems test that they ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter.