Greek mythology has given a name to a great many objects in our solar system. But perhaps one of the least well understood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's conception of the Lucy spacecraft inspecting a Trojan asteroid. A NASA spacecraft is traveling to the most mysterious ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy, odd-shaped space rock. The space agency released the images Monday, ...

Asteroid Donaldjohanson has turned out to be a picturesque waypoint as NASA’s mission heads toward Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. Reading time 2 minutes NASA’s Lucy spacecraft just pulled off its second ...

The University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission has been given a side job during its seven-year cruise to study and sample an asteroid named Bennu. The NASA spacecraft’s cameras will be looking for ...