"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our ...
A new study reveals the surprisingly complex history of the asteroid Dinkinesh. Lucy approached Dinkinesh in November 2023, revealing that it had a small moon now dubbed Selam. This smaller ...
Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.
NASA's Lucy probe will journey to an asteroid that has remained untouched for 150 million years, potentially revealing ...
New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson may have formed about 150 million years ago when a larger parent asteroid broke apart; its orbit ...
This artist’s concept compares the approximate size of Lucy’s next asteroid target, Donaldjohanson, to the smallest main belt asteroids previously visited by spacecraft — Dinkinesh, visited by Lucy in ...
The spacecraft has valued experience as it successfully observed the tiny main belt asteroid Dinkinesh and its contact binary moon, Selam, in November 2023. NASA says this second asteroid ...
After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth safe from “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4. On Tuesday, the space agency recently placed space rock’s impact ...