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

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

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

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

Scientists at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have identified the fastest-ever spinning asteroid larger than half a kilometer ...

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

Astronomers say the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has detected an asteroid that spins faster than other space rocks of its size.

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

🚨Record-breaking asteroid spotted by NSF–DOE @VRubinObs 🚨 Using early data from the LSST Camera, astronomers have ...

Scientists have discovered the fastest-spinning asteroid sized over 0.3 miles in diameter, which is rotating about once every ...

A surprising discovery has been made by the Planetary Defense Team that detected the 40,000th Near-Earth Asteroid whose path ...

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