NASA’s asteroid investigator Lucy tests out its four cameras
NASA’s Lucy mission launched last year on its trip to the Trojan asteroids, located in the orbit of Jupiter, and now NASA has shared some of its first images.
Second asteroid to ever share Earth’s orbit is a big one
Very few asteroids share the orbit of Earth — just two have been discovered to date — and astronomers have recently confirmed the existence and size of one.
‘Like diamonds in the sky’: NASA’s Lucy mission launches to study asteroids
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has blasted off from Earth and is on its way to study the Trojan asteroids in our solar system.
NASA’s Lucy mission will soon be heading out to investigate Trojan asteroids
A NASA mission will soon be blasting off to study the Trojans, a lesser-studied group of asteroids in the outer solar system.
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft unfurls its solar panels ahead of launch
Later this year, a NASA spacecraft named Lucy will launch on a 12-year mission to visit the asteroid belt. Lucy recently unfurled its solar panels in a test.
Hubble captures a wandering comet passing through the Trojan asteroids
Hubble Space Telescope snapped an image of an object called P/2019 LD2 which is part-comet, part-asteroid.