Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

For large Main Belt asteroids, that break-apart point was set at a spin period of about 2.2 hours – a hard limit suggested by ...

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known ...

Scientists discover asteroid spinning once every 1.88 minutes—the fastest rotation ever found for a large space rock. Five ...

Asteroid 2025 TF's closest approach was about ~186 miles (300 km) from Earth. It is estimated to be about 2 meters (6.5 feet) ...

Astronomers tracking a nearby star system thought they had spotted an exoplanet reflecting light from its star. Then it ...

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...