Asteroid experts are pondering the scientific output from the NASA Lucy spacecraft after it shot by its celestial destination — the main belt asteroid named Donaldjohanson.Here at the Southwest ...

It will end its mission after flying by asteroid 617 Patroclus and its satellite Menoetius on March 3, 2033.

The asteroid 99942 Apophis is headed for a close flyby with Earth on April 13, 2029, and space agencies are coordinating efforts to study the object during this the once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Lucy’s 12-year mission should conclude with the study of the asteroid Patroclus and its satellite Menoetius on March 3, 2033. The names of both Donaldjohanson and the spacecraft share a common ...

The asteroid is named after paleoanthropologist ... to the L5 “Trojan camp” where it will observe the binary pair Patroclus and Menoetius in 2033. Scientists hope the mission will answer ...

A NASA spacecraft will make a close approach to an asteroid in the main belt on Sunday afternoon, in the second of several asteroid flybys planned for its 12-year mission to study remnants of the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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.

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 ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

For a few weeks in January and February this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 had us all worried. This asteroid, however, is still worth analysis in its own right. As such, scientists recently turned the ...

Image of the asteroid 2024 YR4 taken by ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in January 2025, observed at infrared wavelengths. | Credit: ESO/O. Hainaut The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered ...

Illustration of the Lucy mission’s seven targets: the binary asteroid Patroclus/Menoetius, Eurybates, Orus, Leucus, Polymele, and the main belt asteroid DonaldJohanson. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space ...