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Lucy, NASA and Asteroid

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 10h

NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Just Flew by a Strange, Peanut-Shaped Asteroid. See the New Images From the Approach

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has sent back photos of a distant space rock from its second asteroid flyby—and it looks pretty weird. The asteroid Donaldjohanson—named after the paleoanthropologist who discovered the famous Lucy fossil in 1974—is shaped like a long peanut.

Associated Press News on MSN · 7h

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft beams back pictures of an asteroid shaped like a lumpy bowling pin

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby. NASA released the images on Monday, a day after the close encounter.

USA TODAY on MSN · 12h

NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt.

Space.com on MSN3d

NASA's Lucy probe flies by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday

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

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NASA snaps detailed photos of ‘strikingly complicated’ asteroid

“As we study the complex structures in detail, they will reveal important information about the building blocks and ...

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NASA probe set to uncover secrets of mysterious asteroid: 'We don't know what to expect'

NASA’s space-faring probe Lucy is set have a close encounter with an oddly shaped asteroid more than 100 million miles from ...

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