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This image shows the “moonrise” of the satellite as it emerges from behind asteroid Dinkinesh as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI), one of the most detailed images returned by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft during its flyby of the asteroid binary. This image was taken at 12:55 p.m. EDT (1655 UTC) Nov. 1, 2023, within a minute of closest approach, from a range of approximately 270 miles (430 km). From this perspective, the satellite is behind the primary asteroid. The image has been sharpened and processed to enhance contrast.

Nasa’s Lucy spacecraft discovers asteroid and its tiny moon during flyby

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On Nov. 1, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a binary pair...

Comets, asteroids and meteors. What's the difference?

Video Episode | Comets, Asteroids and Meteors – What’s the Difference?

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Comets, asteroids and meteors are space phenomenon that we are lucky to observe with the naked eye often. But what is the difference between them? Find out here.

Comets, asteroids and meteors. What's the difference?

Podcast Episode 21 | Comets, Asteroids and Meteors – What’s the difference?

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Comets, Asteroids and Meteors - What's the difference between all of them? What are all these space objects and what are meteorites and meteoroids?

Composite image of asteroids Bennu and Ryugu

Video Episode 15 | Collecting Soil from Asteroids

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A new Video Episode on 2 missions Collecting Soil samples from Asteroids. The missions are called Hayabusa2 & OSIRIS REx, visiting asteroids Ryugu and Bennu.

Nightingale Site on Asteroid Bennu for soil collection

Podcast Episode 18 | Collecting Soil from Asteroids

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We are talking about collecting soil samples from asteroids Ryugu and Bennu via two space missions and bringing them back to Earth!

Bringing soil samples back from asteroids

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Two missions, Hyabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx, have the lofty goals of bringing back samples from two asteroids.

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