The Lucy probe captured an image of the asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. NASA released photos of this object, which is ...

NASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has captured striking images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing it to be a contact binary with an ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

The Lucy spacecraft will observe the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Sunday afternoon, before it moves on to study a handful of ...

When we look for extraterrestrials, we often peer into the depths of space. But alien life might be closer than you think ...

According to scientists, there's a small chance, around 2 per cent, that this asteroid could strike the Moon in the year 2032. Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid was first spotted on December 27, 2024, by ...

In the field of space exploration and asteroid monitoring, some discoveries raise more eyebrows than others– and asteroid 2024 YR4 is one of them. When it was first detected, astronomers feared ...

The researchers found that 2024 YR4 likely came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and has an unusually flat, disk-like shape, similar to a hockey puck, according to a statement ...

the research team concluded that the space rock was rich in silicates and that this meant it "most likely" originated from the solar system's main asteroid belt. The asteroid was likely pushed ...

Considering these orbital characteristics, the team determined that 2024 YR4 probably originated in the main asteroid belt, with a high probability of being perturbed into its current near-Earth ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck, scientists said Tuesday. A team of astronomers used the Gemini South ...