An artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN45—the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory has found 19 new "superfast rotator" asteroids, including the fastest-spinning big space rock ever ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has observed a record-breaking ultra-fast-rotating asteroid. The space rock is the ...

A record-breaking asteroid has been discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory just seven days after it began its observations. Based on this performance result, scientists and astronomers can expect ...

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

Way out there in the asteroid belt is an object that's spinning so fast, scientists are surprised it hasn't flown apart.

A sizable asteroid is going to make a close pass to Earth next week, scientists say, but there's no need to panic. The asteroid known as 4660 Nereus will come as close as 2.5 million miles to Earth - ...

An asteroid is swinging by Earth tonight and even though the massive flying rock (that’s a technical term) won’t be super visible to the naked eye, NASA has got you covered. The asteroid, known as ...

Summer is almost underway across the Northern Hemisphere, and with it comes the warmest weather and some of the most challenging stargazing conditions. June's short nights are the biggest factor for ...

The world’s largest digital camera has just delivered on its promise, catching a massive, fast spinning asteroid in the act ...