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USA TODAY on MSN · 18h

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 · 1h

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

The close-up views of asteroid Donaldjohanson are a preview of what’s to come for Lucy on its 12-year quest to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids

Mashable on MSN · 1d

NASA spacecraft zooms by strange asteroid, beams back images

On April 20, the over 50-foot-wide Lucy spacecraft approached as close as some 600 miles from Donaldjohanson, which is aptly named for the discoverer of the famed Lucy hominid fossil, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson. The craft sped by at 30,000 mph, and used a specialized camera to capture a detailed view of the five-mile-wide asteroid.

Space.com on MSN17h

Happy Earth Day 2025! Write your name in NASA satellite images and celebrate our planet (video)

April 22 is traditionally known as Earth Day, the occasion where we pause as temporary travelers on our 'blue marble' to ...

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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 ...

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NASA’s PUNCH Mission Kicks Off With Dazzling First Images of the Sun

PUNCH, a bold new NASA mission, has successfully taken its first images of the Sun’s corona from orbit using four ...

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NASA's oldest astronaut marks 70th birthday with epic return to Earth

A cake, gifts and a low-key family celebration may be how many senior citizens envision their 70th birthday. But NASA's ...

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JWST snaps first image of asteroid that threatened Earth

2024 YR4 may not make catastrophic history, but it did set a new record for the JWST as the smallest object ever targeted by ...

Shocking impact of 220 days in space as NASA's oldest astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday

Taking to Twitter to confirm the 70-year-old's safe return to Earth, NASA wrote: "Home sweet Houston. @NASA_Astronauts Don ...

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