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NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby
1 year, 1 month ago

NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby

The Hindu  

The little asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. The discovery was made during Wednesday's flyby of Dinkinesh, 300 million miles away in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars. It's also the Amharic name for Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old remains of a human ancestor found in Ethiopia in the 1970s, for which the …

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Asteroid Dinkinesh has its own moon, pictures sent by NASA's spacecraft shows
1 year, 1 month ago

Asteroid Dinkinesh has its own moon, pictures sent by NASA's spacecraft shows

Hindustan Times  

The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. The discovery was made during Wednesday’s flyby of Dinkinesh, 300 million miles away in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars. It has ‘bones’ NASA sent Lucy past Dinkinesh as a rehearsal for the bigger, more mysterious asteroids out near Jupiter. “Dinkinesh really did live …

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NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby
1 year, 1 month ago

NASA spacecraft discovers tiny moon around asteroid during close flyby

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. The discovery was made during Wednesday’s flyby of Dinkinesh, 300 million miles away in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars. It’s also the Amharic name for Lucy, the 3.2 million-year-old remains of a human ancestor found in Ethiopia in the …

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft flies by pint-sized Dinkinesh, heads towards Jupiter
1 year, 1 month ago

NASA's Lucy spacecraft flies by pint-sized Dinkinesh, heads towards Jupiter

India TV News  

NASA's Lucy spacecraft swooped past the pint-sized Dinkinesh asteroid among ten others on its long journey to Jupiter. Lucy's main targets are the so-called Trojans, swarms of unexplored asteroids out near Jupiter that are considered to be time capsules from the dawn of the solar system. Lucy will next swing past an asteroid named after one of the fossil Lucy's …

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Confirmed! Earth has a second Trojan asteroid lurking in its orbit
2 years, 10 months ago

Confirmed! Earth has a second Trojan asteroid lurking in its orbit

ABC  

Astronomers have confirmed Earth has a second Trojan asteroid travelling ahead of it in its orbit around the Sun. Key points: Trojan asteroids sit in the orbit of a planet at points where gravity from the Sun and planet cancel each other out While some planets have whole tribes of Trojan asteroids, finding them around Earth is very tricky Astronomers …

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NASA's Lucy mission launches and will swing past eight different asteroids during 12-year journey
3 years, 2 months ago

NASA's Lucy mission launches and will swing past eight different asteroids during 12-year journey

Daily Mail  

A nearly billion dollar NASA spacecraft named Lucy officially launched on Saturday morning, in what is the beginning of a 12-year journey to explore eight different asteroids. Lucy launched into orbit on Saturday at 5:34 am on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Lucy, pictured, launched into orbit on Saturday at …

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NASA’s asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds
3 years, 2 months ago

NASA’s asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. That discovery got its name from the 1967 Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” prompting NASA to send the spacecraft soaring with band members’ lyrics and other luminaries’ words of wisdom imprinted on …

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‘Lucy in the sky with diamonds’: Nasa's spacecraft on 12-year cruise to Trojan asteroids near Jupiter
3 years, 2 months ago

‘Lucy in the sky with diamonds’: Nasa's spacecraft on 12-year cruise to Trojan asteroids near Jupiter

Hindustan Times  

In what comes as some exciting news for asteroid aficionados, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is set to launch a spacecraft named ‘Lucy’ today on a 12-year cruise to swarms of Trojan asteroids near Jupiter – unexplored time capsules from the dawn of the solar system, that are thought to be remnants of the primordial material that formed the …

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NASA launches an asteroid hunter named Lucy with a Beatles connection
3 years, 2 months ago

NASA launches an asteroid hunter named Lucy with a Beatles connection

NPR  

NASA launches an asteroid hunter named Lucy with a Beatles connection Enlarge this image toggle caption John Raoux/AP John Raoux/AP CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. Sponsor Message Space NASA's Lucy mission aims to travel billions of miles on the hunt …

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NASA’s asteroid hunter Lucy soars into the sky — with diamonds
3 years, 2 months ago

NASA’s asteroid hunter Lucy soars into the sky — with diamonds

LA Times  

A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. The paleoanthropologist behind the fossil Lucy discovery, Donald Johanson, said he was filled with wonder about this “intersection of our past, our present and our future.” “That a human ancestor who lived so long ago stimulated a mission which promises …

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Nasa to launch first space probe to study Jupiter asteroids
3 years, 2 months ago

Nasa to launch first space probe to study Jupiter asteroids

India Today  

Nasa was set on Saturday to launch a spacecraft called Lucy on a 12-year mission to explore for the first time a group of rocky bodies known as the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, gathering new insights into the solar system's formation. Additionally, Lucy will do three Earth flybys for gravity assists, making it the first spacecraft to return to our planet's …

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NASA's 1st mission to distant asteroids prepares for launch on Oct 16
3 years, 2 months ago

NASA's 1st mission to distant asteroids prepares for launch on Oct 16

India TV News  

NASA is preparing for the launch of its Lucy mission -- the first to explore distant asteroids and oigins of the solar system on Saturday. The Lucy mission will complete a 12-year journey to eight different asteroids: exploring one asteroid in the solar system's Main Belt asteroid and seven Trojans, the remnants of our early solar system trapped in stable …

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NASA catches asteroid fever with new missions to space rocks
3 years, 2 months ago

NASA catches asteroid fever with new missions to space rocks

LA Times  

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, along with its housing, awaits its launch at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla. Attention asteroid aficionados: NASA is set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit — and even bash — some of the solar system’s most enticing space rocks. There’s nothing better for understanding how our solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago, said …

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Lucy in the sky: Spacecraft will visit record 8 asteroids
3 years, 2 months ago

Lucy in the sky: Spacecraft will visit record 8 asteroids

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Attention asteroid aficionados: NASA is set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar system’s most enticing space rocks. There’s nothing better for understanding how our solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago, said Lucy’s principal scientist, Hal Levison of Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. The much longer …

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NASA's Lucy mission to launch on 16 October, will travel for 12 years to study Trojan asteroids
3 years, 2 months ago

NASA's Lucy mission to launch on 16 October, will travel for 12 years to study Trojan asteroids

Firstpost  

NASA is poised to send its first spacecraft to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids to glean new insights into the solar system’s formation 4.5 billion years ago, the space agency said Tuesday. The probe, called Lucy after an ancient fossil that provided insights into the evolution of human species, will launch on October 16 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in …

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NASA's Lucy Mission prepares for launch to Trojan asteroids
3 years, 2 months ago

NASA's Lucy Mission prepares for launch to Trojan asteroids

India TV News  

NASA is preparing to pack Lucy, the agency's first spacecraft into a capsule for launch on October 16. "With Lucy, we're going to eight never-before-seen asteroids in 12 years with a single spacecraft," said Tom Statler, Lucy project scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Following all pandemic protocols, Lucy team members have spent the past eight weeks at NASA's Kennedy …

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This spacecraft will explore Trojan asteroids swarmed around Jupiter, lift-off on Oct 16
3 years, 2 months ago

This spacecraft will explore Trojan asteroids swarmed around Jupiter, lift-off on Oct 16

India Today  

Days after the Hubble Space Telescope confirmed that the wind in Jupiter's Great Red Spot is speeding up, Nasa is all set to launch a spacecraft to probe the Trojan asteroids swarming around the biggest planet in the solar system. During its 12-year operational phase following launch, the spacecraft will study several asteroids in the debris field flying by one …

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NASA begins preparation to launch its Lucy mission in October: Here's all you need to know
3 years, 4 months ago

NASA begins preparation to launch its Lucy mission in October: Here's all you need to know

Firstpost  

The mission - named Lucy - will for the first time explore Trojan asteroids that share an orbit with the planet Jupiter. The mission - named Lucy - will for the first time explore Trojan asteroids that share an orbit with the planet Jupiter and are leftovers of our early solar system. The spacecraft has a mission life of 12 …

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