Trojan asteroids
NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe to fire main engines in space for 1st time this week
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Dr. Sarah Adams
NASA’s asteroid-hopping Lucy mission is finally getting fired up in space for its trip to the never-before-explored Trojan asteroids, which follow Jupiter ...
‘Puzzling’ discovery spotted in new images from NASA mission’s asteroid flyby
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Dr. Sarah Adams
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Dinkinesh, a small ...
Surprise! Asteroid ‘Dinky’ is actually a double space rock, NASA’s Lucy probe reveals (photo)
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Dr. Sarah Adams
The first-ever asteroid encounter of NASA’s Lucy mission came with a twist, it turns out. On Wednesday (Nov. 1), Lucy zoomed past ...
NASA’s Lucy probe will fly by asteroid ‘Dinkinesh’ on Nov. 1. Here’s what to expect
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Dr. Sarah Adams
An illustration of the Lucy spacecraft and an asteroid against a bluish, starry snippet of space. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is about to ...
