The close-up views of asteroid Donaldjohanson are a preview of what’s to come for Lucy on its 12-year quest to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids ...

They believe the asteroid ... leaving behind the salts as solid crystals. In the solar system, similar brines have been found or predicted in locations such as Saturn's moon Enceladus and the ...

The annual Lyrids meteor shower is underway, treating skywatchers to a dazzling display of shooting stars. Active now and reaching its peak on April 22, the Lyrids promise a spectacular show under ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has delivered its most striking discovery yet: a close-range view of a bizarrely shaped asteroid that ...

New observations show the asteroid that won’t hit Earth resembles a spinning hockey puck NASA’s Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won ... The spacecraft discovered a mini moon around ...

Bright full moon behind the silhouette of a tree at night ... With the exception of "Editorial use only" photos (which can only be used in editorial projects and can't be modified), the possibilities ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space ...

Donaldjohanson — NASA asteroid surveyor snaps stunning views of Earth and moon on way to Jupiter's Trojans — Asteroid 'Dinky,' visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon The ...

By contrast, Deimos is tiny, with a radius of 6 km, and quite a bit further out, more than 23,000 km from the surface. It is ...

While shivering in temperatures of 14 degrees Fahrenheit (minus -10 degrees Celsius), they appear to have captured the inner corona silhouetting the moon ... the world (photos) The location ...

Photos of the French Alps, Utah, the Maldives, Quebec, Australia and Argentina show the naturally occurring letters.

The crescent moon will be the centerpiece of April's final astronomical event as it bunches up with Venus, Saturn and Mercury in the eastern sky on Friday morning. All four objects will be visible ...