In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point ...

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) ...

TBD: ULA’s Vulcan launches U.S. space force missions. April could also see United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur ...

British rock band The Beatles put out a song titled ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’. The song’s letters, LSD, were said at ...

The encounter will serve primarily as a rehearsal for Lucy's ultimate destination - Jupiter's Trojan asteroids ...

The upcoming encounter with Donaldjohanson will be a critical rehearsal for future encounters, especially with Jupiter's Trojan asteroids ... in Donaldjohanson's orbit and spin over time.

"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our ...

Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. Over a 12-year mission, Lucy is scheduled to visit a total of 11 asteroids across two swarms that are leading and trailing Jupiter. "Based on ground-based observations ...

Donaldjohanson, a main belt asteroid, could be a relic of a cosmic collision that took place 150 million years ago.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is gearing up for an exciting flyby of the asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025. The mission, which aims to study asteroids in the Trojan swarms orbiting Jupiter, has ...

Emily Costello and an artist’s concept of Lucy spacecraft near a Jupiter Trojan asteroid. Credit: NASA Emily Costello, a planetary scientist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, was selected ...