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The official names of asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson’s surface features — as identified by the Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy Mission — have been approved by the International Astronomical Union ...

ROME — Pope Gregory XIII, the 16th century pontiff responsible for what is today known as the Gregorian calendar, now has another, celestial claim to fame. A working group of the International ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese space scientists are on the hunt for a new name for an asteroid that may contain the secret of life, with a public competition beginning on Wednesday. The asteroid, which ...