Tag: Asteroid research

So, like, it turns out that NASA's Lucy spacecraft got some sick pics of this asteroid called Donaldjohanson, and it's, like, super old, dude. This space rock formed when two smaller rocks smashed into...

The Odin Probe: A Game-Changing Mission to Unlock the Secrets of Asteroid MiningIn a groundbreaking deep space endeavor, a privately-built spacecraft named Odin has set out on a daring mission to explore an asteroid's...

Europe's Hera mission is on its way to visit an asteroid that was impacted by NASA's DART spacecraft. The European Space Agency launched the Hera mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida...

Astronomers have long been puzzled by the unusual shapes of the tiny asteroids Dimorphos and Selam, but a recent study sheds light on why they look so strange. These "moonlet" asteroids are part of...