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NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt.

CBS News · 3d

NASA's Lucy spacecraft captures images of peanut-shaped asteroid during 30,000 mph flyby

This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point — resembling a deformed peanut.

Gizmodo · 3d

NASA’s Lucy Captures Stunning Views of Peanut-Shaped Asteroid in Latest Flyby

Asteroid Donaldjohanson has turned out to be a picturesque waypoint as NASA’s mission heads toward Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.

Hubble Space Telescope, NASA

KHOU · 1d

NASA releases stunning new photos to mark Hubble Space Telescope's 35th anniversary

The anniversary celebration also included a countdown of images captured over the Hubble Space Telescope's lifetime so far, one for each year in orbit.

Space.com · 1d

Hubble Telescope snaps stunning portraits of Mars, a celestial moth and more in spectacular 35th anniversary photos

"Before Hubble, no generation ever had access to unimaginably vibrant views of space, stretching almost all the way back to almost the beginning of time."

New York Post · 1d

NASA releases gorgeous new photos of faraway galaxies to celebrate 35th anniversary of Hubble Telescope

The photos capture both our neighboring planets and galaxies far, far away in a stunning release to celebrate one of NASA’s most resounding achievements.

Here’s what a Beatles song and a fossil have to do with a NASA mission to study asteroids

Instead of looking for a girl with kaleidoscope eyes, a NASA spacecraft is about to approach space debris formed in the early ...

Space.com on MSN7d

NASA's sun-studying PUNCH mission captures its 1st-light images. Everything looks great so far

The ultimate purpose of PUNCH is to use its four instruments — three wide-field imagers (WFI) and a near-field imager (NFI) — ...

The Weather Network on MSN1d

Hubble celebrates 35 years with new images from our solar system and beyond

On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying the new Hubble Space Telescope ...

Science Daily1d

Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to better understand solar system's origins

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

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