The asteroid Dinkinesh and the tiny moon orbiting it was discovered by Lucy during a 2023 flyby. AP Lucy is expected to encounter 11 asteroids in total during its journey, then spend the rest of ...

New research suggests there may be a hidden population of minimoons lurking near Earth, with fragments of the Moon traveling ...

An asteroid floating in our solar system has been discovered to have a very weird and unique double moon—and it might just change the way we think about how planets form. The asteroid ...

According to new reports, the newfound asteroid is actually an ancient companion of Earth’s, a quasi-moon that has been orbiting within our planet’s vicinity since at least 100 B.C. Further ...

Donaldjohanson — Asteroid 'Dinky,' visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon — NASA's Lucy asteroid-hopping spacecraft pins down surface ages of 1st asteroid targets Lucy and ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, during its flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh ... into the internal structure and evolutionary history of Dinky and Selam. According to Professor Jessica Sunshine of the ...

By studying Earth-like orbiting objects with moon-like spectral signatures, scientists could determine what proportion come from the moon versus the asteroid belt, potentially improving our ...

Related: 'City-killer' asteroid that might hit moon has 'unexpected' shape, astronomers say The Lucy mission launched in 2021 and is on its way to study ancient asteroids orbiting the sun in the ...