NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will soon make its first flyby of an asteroid
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, which launched in 2021, is on its way to the orbit of Jupiter to study the Trojan asteroids there. It won’t arrive there until 2027, but the…
NASA’s Lucy Probe Phones Home From 49-Million-Mile Journey to Asteroid
The Lucy spacecraft is on a 12-year journey to visit eight different asteroids, and it’s almost caught up with the first space rock on its checklist. Are Fans Tired of…
What to Know About NASA’s Unprecedented Psyche Mission to a Metallic Asteroid
Wedged between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the main asteroid belt contains over 1 million rocky objects, but perhaps few of them are as intriguing as Psyche. The metal-rich…
Updates From Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Rosamund Pike teases a more human turn for Moraine in Wheel of Time’s second season. A Lego Jurassic Park special is coming to Peacock. Plus, LaKeith Stanfield takes on Nazareth’s…
This May Be the Earliest Evidence of Hominin Cannibalism
In 1970, the renowned paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey found an ancient, nondescript leg bone sitting on the ground in Ileret, Kenya. Now, 53 years on, a research team has found marks…
Evil Mermaids Meet Their Match in the New Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken Trailer
RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN | New TrailerThere’s also a bit of The Princess Diaries in this one, in that a geeky teen gets the “surprise, you’re royalty!” shock of her…
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Spots Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids for the First Time
A NASA probe sent to observe Jupiter’s swarm of asteroids recently caught the first glimpse of its rocky targets, capturing deep-space images of four of the mysterious Trojans. What Is…
What to Know About the JUICE Mission to Jupiter and Its Frozen Moons
A view of Ganymede, as imaged by the Juno probe. Image: NASA JUICE is scheduled to perform 35 Jovian moon flybys, but the mission will end with the spacecraft settling…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft to visit a bonus asteroid later this year
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is currently traveling through the solar system on its way to study the Trojan asteroids in the orbit of Jupiter. The original plan was for the mission…
Still no joy for Lucy’s stuck solar array, NASA is giving up for now
NASA has announced it will not be making any further attempts to latch the solar array of its Lucy spacecraft, at least for now. Launched in October 2021 on a…