At 710 meters (just under half a mile) wide, this space rock sets a record for how fast it spins on its axis: about one ...

Among the first finds from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the discovery hints at a population of exceptionally strong ...

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

2025 MN45 isn't the overall spin-rate record holder. Astronomers have found a number of small asteroids — those just a few ...

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...

In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

On April 13, 2029, a massive asteroid named Apophis will pass extremely close to Earth. It will fly closer than many satellites and be visible from Europe and Africa. Scientists once feared it could ...

The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar ...

NASA is monitoring an asteroid that's hurtling towards the Earth at more than 33,000 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Designated “2025 XN4, ...

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

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...