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NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe to fire main engines in space for 1st time this week
NASA’s asteroid-hopping Lucy mission is finally getting fired up in space for its trip to the never-before-explored Trojan asteroids, which ...
Newly discovered asteroid to fly between Earth and moon today
An asteroid discovered earlier this month will reach its closest point to Earth on Saturday (Jan. 27), when it will soar through ...
‘Puzzling’ discovery spotted in new images from NASA mission’s asteroid flyby
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Strange moon of asteroid Dinkinesh is weirder than thought after NASA probe finds ‘contact binary’ (photo)
Asteroid Dinkinesh continues to surprise us. On Nov. 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft zoomed past this space rock, marking the first ...
NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for ...
Lucy mission spots second asteroid during flyby
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Shadowy asteroid Dinkinesh is ‘about to be revealed to humanity’
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft on Wednesday encountered the first of 10 asteroids on its long journey ...