The Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute is getting new leadership. Amanda Hendrix is taking over as director and CEO from Mark Sykes. He led the research organization for 21 years. Hendrix notes ...

An object seen to have moved in the time between when it was imaged by the IRAS and AKARI surveys in 1983 and 2006 ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft discovered a mysteriously shaped asteroid, Donaldjohanson, revealing features that could revolutionize ...

It wasn’t until NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) turned its eye to the scene that the story took an unexpected turn.

NASA's Lucy spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the ...

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The close-up views of asteroid Donaldjohanson are a preview of what’s to come for Lucy on its 12-year quest to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is set for a high-velocity encounter with the asteroid Donaldjohanson on Sunday, April 20, marking a ...

The stars expand and can engulf nearby planets, effectively incinerating ... said in a statement. “With its high-resolution look in the infrared, we are learning valuable insights about the ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from ...

The University of Arizona has utilized state-of-the-art Magellan Adaptive Optics Xtreme technology to observe the PDS 70 ...

NASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system.