The solar-powered probe conducted a flyby on April 20 of the asteroid and has begun transmitting images back to Earth ... from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

"These early images of Donaldjohanson ... currently headed toward Jupiter on an asteroid-hopping mission, has captured an impressive close-up of its second target: the space rock 52246 Donaldjohanson.

The project's free online livestream will begin at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) on Saturday, as the asteroid moves away from Earth. You can watch the livestream here on Space.com courtesy of the Virtual ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The deep space asteroid that recently made headlines for its potential to collide with Earth received its own photoshoot courtesy ...

The threat is all but gone, but we now have pictures of the once-worrisome asteroid. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured images of the asteroid with two cameras, including the Near-Infrared ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of an asteroid that was once ranked as the biggest threat to Earth. Earlier this year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 shot to the top of ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew about 600 miles above an asteroid named Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday, sending back the first close-ups of this oblong, potato-like object believed to be about 150 ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew about 600 miles above an asteroid named Donaldjohanson on Easter Sunday, sending back the first close-ups of this oblong, potato-like object believed to be about 150 ...