"These relics are effectively fossils of the planet formation process, holding vital clues to deciphering the history of our solar system." ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...

An artist's depiction of the Lucy spacecraft flying past a pair of Trojan asteroids. | Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center The next stop for NASA's asteroid-hopping spacecraft Lucy is a ...

Lucy's target is a common type of asteroid, composed of silicate rocks and perhaps containing clays and organic matter. The new paper indicates that Donaldjohanson is likely a member of the ...

Next month NASA's Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that's been waiting 150 million years to say hello First discovered on Jan. 28, 2025, asteroid 2025 BC10 has an estimated diameter between 1,181 ...

TBD: ULA’s Vulcan launches U.S. space force missions. April could also see United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur ...

Lucy’s target is a common type of asteroid, composed of silicate rocks and perhaps containing clays and organic matter. The new paper indicates that Donaldjohanson is likely a member of the ...

Asteroid YR4 was discovered on December 27 ... and 5.2 AU (where the Jupiter Trojans are, and where Lucy is going)." Multiple sample returns have been conducted with NEAs in recent years, leading ...

Verbiscer is one of eight participating scientists NASA selected to join its Lucy mission to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids – presumed remnants of the early solar system that share Jupiter’s orbit ...