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USA TODAY on MSN · 6h

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 main asteroid belt.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 4h

NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Just Flew by a Strange, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid. See the New Images From the Approach

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has sent back photos of a distant space rock from its second asteroid flyby—and it looks pretty weird. The asteroid Donaldjohanson—named after the paleoanthropologist who discovered the famous Lucy fossil in 1974—is shaped like a long peanut.

Daily Express US on MSN · 1d

Donaldjohanson asteroid captured by NASA's Lucy space probe in incredible cosmic images

NASA's Lucy space probe passed approximately 600 miles (960 km) by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, capturing amazing images.

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 ...

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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 ...

Live Science on MSN13d

'City-killer' asteroid that might hit moon has 'unexpected' shape, astronomers say

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...

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Asteroid With 3.8% Chance of Hitting the Moon Originated From an Unusual Spot

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

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