Donaldjohanson formed about 150 million years ago when a much larger asteroid broke apart. Since then, its orbit and spin ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has got a new target in its sights. New photos have emerged of a small asteroid named Donaldjohanson. Images show the perceived motion of the asteroid. The Lucy spacecraft ...

Named after the famous fossilized human ancestor, Lucy, discovered by anthropologist Donald Johanson, the mission carries both a symbolic and scientific legacy. The spacecraft’s high-resolution ...

Donald Johanson is a paleoanthropologist who discovered parts of a fossilized skeleton of an ancestor of homo sapiens', an australopithecine that lived 3.2 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia.

Discovered in 1974 by Donald Johanson, Lucy is special because she lived so long ago (3.2 millions years) and because almost half of her skeleton was found. (Most fossil finds are just fragments ...

Asteroid Donaldjohanson is named for anthropologist Donald Johanson, who discovered the fossilized skeleton—called "Lucy"—of a human ancestor. NASA's Lucy mission is named for the fossil.

NASA says the asteroid is named in honor of anthropologist Donald Johanson, who discovered the fossilized skeleton — called "Lucy" — of a human ancestor. The Lucy mission is named for the ...