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

NASA's Lucy space probe passed approximately 600 miles (960 km) by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on April 20, capturing amazing ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby. NASA released the images on Monday, a day ...

“As we study the complex structures in detail, they will reveal important information about the building blocks and ...

“The Day The Earth Blew Up” is a 2024 animated film directed by Pete Browngardt, which premiered at a film festival before ...

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.

NASA’s Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2½ miles in length but much shorter in width. Scientists should have a better idea of its size and shape following the ...

This artistic animation shows asteroid 2024 YR4 passing by Earth. Astronomers created a 3D image of the newly discovered asteroid after observing it with a telescope in Chile. (9NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R.