The asteroid is currently located in the constellation of Lynx, at a distance of more than 1.9 million miles (3.2 million ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

Spaceflight planners are treating 2026 as a pivot year, with six headline missions that range from NASA’s push back to the ...

All 19 of the newly identified rapidly rotating asteroids are longer than an American football field, which is approximately 295 feet long.

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...

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

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

Scientists discover asteroid spinning once every 1.88 minutes—the fastest rotation ever found for a large space rock. Five ...

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

Asteroid mining is a popular concept when it comes to science fiction, but it is now being considered seriously by scientists ...

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

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