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Trojan Asteroids Loom Closer as NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Fires Up Engine for First Time

The asteroid-sleuthing probe is transitioning from its orbit around the Sun to one beyond the orbit of Jupiter. ....

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Lucy: Asteroid's Surprise Moon Is Two Rocks Stuck Together

The NASA mission hit the jackpot with its first target, observing the first known contact binary asteroid in orbit. ....

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Seeing Double: Lucy's First Target Asteroid Has a Tiny Moon

The NASA mission's first close flyby came with an exciting surprise: Dinkinesh is a binary asteroid featuring not one but two space rocks. ....

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NASA's Lucy Ready to Face Its First Asteroid This Week

The probe will conduct a close flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh on Wednesday to test its instruments as it steadily makes its way towards Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. ....

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NASA's Lucy Continues to Race Towards Its First Target Asteroid

The spacecraft is 4.7 million miles away from Dinkinesh, but still has another 16 million miles to travel before their rendezvous. ....

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