See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.

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 ...

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

The asteroid, 2025 MN45, completes a full rotation once every 1.88 minutes, meaning it must have a very high strength to keep ...

A 700-metre asteroid went undetected near Earth after hiding in the Sun’s glare, raising fresh questions about blind spots in ...

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

The space rock, known as "2026 AJ" and 40 feet in diameter, is hurtling toward our planet at around 20,500 miles per hour.

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

An international team of astronomers has discovered an asteroid that spins so fast, it should've torn itself apart.

All 19 of the newly identified rapidly rotating asteroids are longer than an American football field, which is approximately ...