BOULDER, Colorado — Asteroid experts are pondering the scientific output from the NASA Lucy spacecraft after it shot by its celestial destination — the main belt asteroid named Donaldjohanson. Here at ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft had its second rendezvous with an asteroid over the weekend, this time with the uniquely named ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, currently headed toward Jupiter on an asteroid-hopping mission, has captured an impressive close-up of its second target: the space rock 52246 Donaldjohanson. Lucy launched ...

On the way there, it snapped images of the curious, elongated asteroid dubbed "Donaldjohanson." On April 20, the over 50-foot-wide Lucy spacecraft approached as close as some 600 miles from ...

The asteroid Donaldjohanson—named after the paleoanthropologist who discovered the famous Lucy fossil in 1974—is shaped like a long peanut. The spacecraft zoomed by the asteroid at 30,000 ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft visited the asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson on Sunday, April 20, coming within 600 miles (920 kilometers) of the object located in the inner region of the asteroid belt ...

Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the small asteroid named Donaldjohanson for any danger it poses to Earth, unlike an infamous "city-killer" asteroid that briefly attracted attention ...

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made the Earth and our environment what it is." BOULDER, Colorado ...

Luuucy, 'splain that if you can! The first images from the #LucyMission's asteroid Donaldjohanson flyby show an elongated contact binary shape, with an odd narrow neck between the two lobes.

The asteroid in question, Donaldjohanson, was visited by the mission on April 20, 2025. It flew approximately 960 kilometers (600 miles) from the space rock, revealing interesting insights into ...

The asteroid known as Donaldjohanson was captured during the Lucy mission on April 20. (NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins via SWNS) By Dean Murray Scientists have flown ...