115K views · 2.9K reactions | NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has just captured its first close-up images of asteroid 52246 — and what it revealed is extraordinary. This five-mile-long asteroid, once two separate bodies, now stands as a fractured monument to ancient cosmic violence. As Lucy raced past at over 8 miles per second, its high-resolution imager revealed a strange, dual-lobed world with a narrow neck and a history carved in stone. | The Brain Maze | Facebook