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NASA snapped a picture of an asteroid in an outer belt near Mars, which had a tiny moon orbiting the space rock called Dinkinesh. The photo was taken using the spacecraft Lucy.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, launched in October 2021 to study Jupiter's asteroids, last week snapped a picture of a small asteroid near Mars, giving

Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 06, 2023 - New images captured by NASAs Lucy spacecraft confirmed that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is a binary, two asteroids that orbit a common center of mass. The SwRI-led mission will now fly b

As NASA’s Lucy spacecraft recently made its approach toward the asteroid Dinkinesh, NASA technicians got a surprise: it wasn’t alone.

Its less than one mile in size.

"We knew this was going to be the smallest main belt asteroid ever seen up close. The fact that it is two makes it even more exciting," says one NASA scientist.

The little asteroid visited by Nasa’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists.It turns out that the asteroid Dinkinesh has a sidekick — a mini moon.The discovery was made during Wednesday’s flyby of Dinkinesh, 300 million mi...

The little asteroid visited by NASAs Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists — a mini moon. The spacecraft made the discovery during Wednesdays close flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars. The asteroid is only a half-mile across while its moon is a mere one-tenth-of-a-mile in size. NASA sent Lucy past Dinkinesh as a rehearsal for the bigger, more mysterious asteroids out near Jupiter. Launched two years ago, the spacecraft will reach the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - The little asteroid visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. It turns out that the as

NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab This image shows the "moonrise" of a newly discovered second asteroid behind Dinginesh, captured by Lucy's