Day: January 31, 2024

The mission will fire its main engines in space for the first time on Wednesday (Jan. 31), over two years since leaving Earth. NASA’s asteroid-hopping Lucy mission is finally getting fired up in space for its trip to the never-before-explored Trojan asteroids, which follow Jupiter as it orbits the sun. On Wednesday (Jan. 31), the …

NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Probe To Fire Main Engines In Space For 1st Time This Week. Read More »

Team “pro-exomoon” is back to defend the discovery of the first and only exomoons potentially seen by humanity. Astronomers always knew spotting moons around planets outside the solar system would be no mean feat — but a debate currently raging in planetary science circles shows just how tough detecting these so-called exomoons is going to …

Are They Exomoons Or Not? Scientists Debate Existence Of 1st Moons Seen Beyond Our Solar System. Read More »