Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare ...

These five locales allow for stable orbits due to the competing gravitational forces of Earth and the sun. This one lives at what is called the L4 point. The only other Trojan asteroid seen around ...

for the first Trojan asteroid encounter in 2027. During the gravity assist, the Lucy spacecraft, from Earth's perspective, will approach from the direction of the sun. This means that observers on ...

As Lucy passes over Earth tonight, it will be traveling ... year orbit that will send the spacecraft through the asteroid belt and to the Trojan asteroids, with a first encounter expected in ...

Earth Gravitational Boost Aids NASA’s Lucy Trojan Asteroid Mission is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included ...

The #LucyMission will perform its 2nd Earth-gravity assist on Dec. 12, putting it on a new course toward its first Trojan asteroid encounter in 2027. On the way, Lucy will pass through the main ...

A “lost asteroid” that hasn’t been seen since it was first discovered in 2007 has some scientists worried about the potential of an Earth-bound collision this year, reports indicate.

This asteroid is a quasi-satellite of Earth, meaning it orbits the Sun but stays close to ... NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter ...

NASA has detected a 210-foot asteroid, named 2024 XW15, approaching Earth at a speed of 41,421 km/h. The asteroid will pass within 6,460,000 kilometers of our planet on December 13, 2024 ...

An asteroid the size of nine reindeer is set to pass over the Earth on Wednesday, Christmas, in what is set to be a relatively close holiday flyby, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.