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Lucy, NASA and Asteroid

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Snaps First Look at Upcoming Asteroid Target

The main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson is now in sight as the Discovery Program mission prepares for a flyby of the object in April.

Space.com · 10h

NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has its next target in its sights: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. Currently 45 million miles (70 million kilometers) from the two-mile-wide (3.

Phys.org on MSN · 1d

Lucy spacecraft takes its first images of asteroid Donaldjohanson

NASA's Lucy spacecraft has its next flyby target, the small main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, in its sights. By blinking between images captured by Lucy on Feb. 20 and 22, this animation shows the perceived motion of Donaldjohanson relative to the background stars as the spacecraft rapidly approaches the asteroid.

NASA estimated 20% chance of asteroid hitting Earth

Yahoo · 5h

Asteroid 2024 YR 4 no longer has chance of hitting Earth in 2032, says NASA

NASA announced Monday that the asteroid, named 2024 YR 4, no longer poses a “significant threat” to Earth in 2032 or beyond. “NASA analysis drops asteroid 2024 YR4's impact probability to 0.004%, meaning it is expected to safely pass by Earth in 2032,” NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office posted on X Monday.

CBS News · 2d

Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer poses significant threat to Earth in 2032, NASA's latest analysis determines

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, according to the space agency's latest calculations. The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies previously projected a 3% chance of the asteroid striking our planet before lowering the chance to 0.28% last week.

USA Today · 1d

Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero

The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably close to Earth in 2032.

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NASA releases new details on ‘city killer’ asteroid — and the moon may be at risk of being struck

The rock tour has officially been canceled. After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth ...

Space on MSN2d

NASA picks SpaceX rocket to launch asteroid threat hunter NEO Surveyor in 2027

A NASA planetary defense mission will ride to space atop a SpaceX rocket two and a half years from now.The agency announced ...

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Falcon 9 set to launch second lunar mission...

The Falcon 9 booster, B1083-9, will fly on an eastward trajectory out of the Cape. The booster will conduct a landing on SpaceX’s autonomous droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic while the ...

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That ‘Doomsday’ asteroid will just pass by, NASA confirms

Breathe easy, Earthlings! That big scary asteroid that had some people worried? Turns out, it will just pass by with no plans to crash our planet’s party.

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