NASA has released new detailed images revealing a full-frame view of the peculiarly shaped asteroid Donaldjohanson.

NASA has released the first-ever high-resolution image of the main-belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, highlighting its unique peanut shape.

The law is named in honor of 17-year-old Lucy Fernandez who was killed in a boating accident in 2022. The law increases ...

The asteroid was named after the paleontologist Donald Johanson, who in 1974 co-discovered the first identified example of previously unknown type of hominid. They named the specimen “Lucy ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has captured imagery of the strange asteroid Donaldjohanson. The mission is en route to investigate the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter.

I think that even more than [being just a skeleton], people recognize this discovery as an individual," Donald Johanson, the discoverer of Lucy, told IFLScience in November 2024, the 50 th ...

Asteroid Donaldjohanson is named after Donald Johanson, the American paleoanthropologist who uncovered the skeletal remains of Lucy, one of humanity's oldest known ancestors.

And in case you’ve been wondering, the asteroid Donaldjohanson is named after American paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, who discovered the “Lucy” fossil skeleton in in Ethiopia in 1974 ...

Easter Sunday certainly won't be a day of rest for the astronomy community. All eyes will be on NASA's asteroid-studying Lucy spacecraft, which is due to have a close encounter at 1:51 p.m. EDT ...

The asteroid is named after paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson, the discoverer of the famous 3.2-million-year-old hominin fossil “Lucy,” after which NASA’s spacecraft is also named.

On 20 April 2025, NASA's Lucy spacecraft will fly past asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson, which measures nearly four kilometres in diameter, at a distance of 960 kilometres. This serves as a dress ...

Discovered in Ethiopia in 1975 by American paleontologist Donald Johanson, this 3.5-foot female hominin skeleton confirmed that our early ancestors habitually walked on two legs as early as 3 ...