NASA's Lucy probe will zip past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing its science instruments on the space rock.

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So, the OSIRIS‑REx mission ventured to the asteroid Bennu to retrieve an unaltered sample ... any citizen journalists and organizations who want to contribute, publish high-quality insights or send ...

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Scientists have found special chemical compounds necessary for the existence of life in samples collected from asteroid Bennu. They believe the asteroid is a plant-like object rich in water and ...

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