NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid ...

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Precisely four years from today — on Friday, April 13, 2029 — an asteroid as wide as the Empire State Building is wide will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter.

A team of astronomers has determined the shape of asteroid 2024 YR4, which could hit the moon. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid ...