Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

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

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 ...

NASA is monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that is speeding towards the Earth at more than 22,600 miles per hour, according to the space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Measuring ...

The term bus-sized is a general comparison rather than a scientific label. It refers to an asteroid estimated to be a few dozen feet across, roughly comparable to the length of a large bus. Objects of ...

Asteroid 2013 GM3 is set for a notable April 14 approach. Comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor, will pass Jupiter in March. Telescopes will continue tracking the comet as it leaves the solar system ...

Companies are coming up with plans to block out the sun - Private companies are jumping into the race to deploy particles to ...