A newly spotted space rock has just shattered the speed record for large asteroids, spinning so quickly that by all ...

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

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?

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 all over the world are celebrating because of a discovery made by a telescope's camera built in the Bay Area.

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

Two massive asteroids are heading our way, and space watchers are paying close attention. According to NASA, these near-Earth objects (NEOs), 2025 OU1 and 2025 OX, will make their closest approach to ...

One significant threat to life here on Earth is the possibility that a massive asteroid will collide with our planet and destroy life as we know it. To understand the possibilities, large surveys of ...

But Rubin’s early data is confounding. Among the newly discovered asteroids, researchers identified 76 with reliable spin ...