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

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As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...

Vatican Observatory Report! Discover Br. Bob Macke’s work on asteroid Bennu and more groundbreaking science from VO ...

Vatican Observatory Report! Discover Br. Bob Macke’s work on asteroid Bennu and more groundbreaking science from VO ...

Scientists have found special chemical compounds necessary for the existence of life in samples collected from asteroid Bennu ...

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

Famed Queen guitarist and citizen astronomer Brian May collaborated with NASA's asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx, helping ...

NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...

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.