A satellite asteroid, which the team named "Selam," was orbiting Dinky. As Lucy sent more data back to Earth, the researchers discovered something surprising: Selam was not just one moon ...

In other words, Dinky had its very own moon. The scientists were thrilled ... This marked the first discovery of a contact-binary orbiting an asteroid. "It is puzzling, to say the least," the ...

L'LORRI discovered a natural satellite orbiting Dinky every 52.7 hours at a distance of 1.9 miles (3.1 kilometers). For an asteroid to have a moon isn't that surprising; astronomers are ...

The oddity was estimated to be around 3 miles wide, and it appeared to be orbiting the asteroid. This, they believe, is a mini-moon, a miniature satellite akin to our own lunar object. And ...

"Mini-moon" events are when pieces in space like an asteroid or floating pieces of space junk temporarily participate in orbiting the Earth with some completing a full revolution. In order to be ...

When NASA scientists caught a glimpse of the first images taken by the instruments aboard the Lucy spacecraft of the asteroid ... How Dinky’s unusual dual moon system formed is still a mystery ...

A satellite asteroid, which the team named “Selam,” was orbiting Dinky. As Lucy sent more data back to Earth, the researchers discovered something surprising: Selam was not just one moon ...