Asteroid Donaldjohanson was the second destination on the NASA mission’s itinerary — and its size and shape were not what scientists expected.

A Nasa spacecraft has captured its first detailed images of an unexplored asteroid, revealing a bizarrely shaped ...

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 sent back photos of a distant space rock from its second asteroid flyby—and it looks pretty weird.

This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point — resembling a ...

"These early images of Donaldjohanson are again showing the tremendous capabilities of the Lucy spacecraft as an engine of ...

N ASA’s Lucy spacecraft has encountered its second official asteroid, and once again, the object has defied expectations. The ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar ...

NASA’s space-faring probe Lucy is set have a close encounter with an oddly shaped asteroid more than 100 million miles from ...

The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This Sunday, Lucy was expected to fly past her second target ...

NASA's Lucy probe will zip past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing its science instruments on the space rock.

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from, including world-class observatories and six Dark Sky parks.