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NASA's Lucy Probe Captures Stunning Images of Asteroid

4/29/2025

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NASA's Lucy space probe has unveiled stunning images of the peanut-shaped asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed around 150 million years ago. During its close encounter on April 20, just 600 miles away, Lucy's mission to explore Jupiter's Trojan and main-belt asteroids promises to deepen our knowledge of the solar system's origins.

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NASA's Lucy space probe has unveiled stunning images of the peanut-shaped asteroid Donaldjohanson, which formed around 150 million years ago. During its close encounter on April 20, just 600 miles away, Lucy's mission to explore Jupiter's Trojan and main-belt asteroids promises to deepen our knowledge of the solar system's origins.