NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width. Scientists should have a better idea of its size and shape following the ...

Weather on Jupiter may have some surprising similarities to Earth phenomena, but some things it does defy easy explanation.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft is set to fly by the asteroid Donaldjohanson, located 139 million miles away in the asteroid belt.

For instance, the Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode relatively recently as scientists worked on remedying some ...

In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is closing in on its second close encounter with an asteroid, expected to happen on April 20, 2025.

Juno is scheduled for an upcoming flyby of Jupiter on May 7, during which it is set to carry out a close approach of the ...

A bizarre hailstorm of icy “mushballs” — slushy mixtures of ammonia and water — has been confirmed on Jupiter, where intense ...

NASA’s Lucy mission is about to fly past asteroid Donaldjohanson, a strange, elongated rock in the main belt. While this ...

The weather forecast for Jupiter calls for clouds with a chance of lightning and "mushballs"—a slushy mix of ammonia and ...

The Lucy mission is on a 12-year journey to explore a peculiar set of asteroids that lead and follow Jupiter as it orbits the Sun. As it journeys to these Trojan asteroids, the probe is preparing for ...

La nave espacial Lucy de la NASA pasará cerca de un pequeño asteroide este fin de semana mientras se dirige a un premio ...