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NASA's Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter with an asteroid
It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021 on a quest that will take it to 11 space rocks.
A Meteorite From Alaska Challenges Theory of How Earth Got Its Water
Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research ...
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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Braces For Second Asteroid Encounter in Deep Space — But It's Only a ‘Dress Rehearsal'
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Braces For Second Asteroid Encounter in Deep Space — But It's Only a ‘Dress Rehearsal' As humanity ...
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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft to Make High-Speed Flyby of Asteroid Donaldjohanson at 30,000 MPH
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is set for a high-velocity encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Sunday, April 20, marking a ...
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NASA's Lucy probe will fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday
The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This coming Sunday, Lucy will zip past her second target, ...
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Set for High-Stakes Asteroid Encounter on Sunday
The Lucy mission is on a 12-year journey to explore a peculiar set of asteroids that lead and follow Jupiter as it orbits the Sun. As it journeys to these Trojan asteroids, the probe is preparing for ...
Scientists Think They’ve Found the Region of the Brain That Regulates Conscious Perception
A new experiment suggests that the thalamus plays a key role in humans becoming consciously aware of stimuli their brain ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft to fly past asteroid at 30,000 mph as it prepares for a bigger mission
NASA's Lucy spacecraft is set to fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson, located 139 million miles away in the asteroid belt.
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Lucy spacecraft will visit record 8 asteroids
NASA is set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar system's most enticing space rocks.
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NASA spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the ...
How to catch the shooting stars of spring’s first meteor shower, the Lyrids
When the Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak, it will be spring’s first chance to see shooting stars. The Lyrids have ...