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NASA's Lucy probe will zip past the asteroid Donaldjohanson, testing its science instruments on the space rock.

This artistic animation shows asteroid 2024 YR4 passing by Earth. Astronomers created a 3D image of the newly discovered asteroid after observing it with a telescope in Chile. (9NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R.