Learn how the world’s “largest digital camera” has detected approximately 2,000 new asteroids, a collection that includes ...

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

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026, at 32 times the moon’s distance, posing no ...

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

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

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

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

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

A crop of asteroids discovered by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is wowing astronomers, with one of the space rocks ...

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% ...