One exciting project currently happening is NASA’s Lucy mission, which is on a quest to learn more about asteroids orbiting near Jupiter known as Trojans. These asteroids are thought to be ancient ...

Lucy is preparing for a close encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson, a key milestone before its groundbreaking journey ...

A UVA professor is part of the study of Trojan asteroids, presumed remnants of the early solar system that share Jupiter’s ...

Join Coralie Adam and Renae Kerrigan for a space exploration discussion, available via Zoom and in-person at Jacksonville ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently obtained its first clear images of the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson, which is now within its line of sight. Lucy captured these images while it was 45 ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, part of an ambitious mission to explore the outer solar system, has successfully captured its first ...

NASA has selected eight participating scientists to join its Lucy mission to the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. These asteroids ...

Nasa’s Lucy spacecraft has got a new target in its sights. New photos have emerged of a small asteroid named Donaldjohanson.

NASA says this second asteroid encounter for Lucy "will serve as a dress-rehearsal for the spacecraft’s main targets, the never-before-explored Jupiter Trojan asteroids." NASA says the asteroid ...