Three Key Findings No known space object currently threatens Earth, but monitoring continues around the clock. Extreme solar ...

An asteroid is going to hit Earth one day, and we need to prepare ourselves. This video discusses past asteroid impacts, such ...

First light for the innovative new instrument is anticipated in 2028. Spectre — once operational — will play a key role in ...

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

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 ...

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

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory detected nearly 2,000 new asteroids in about 10 hours, including MM45, rotating in under two ...

Way out there in the asteroid belt is an object that's spinning so fast, scientists are surprised it hasn't flown apart.

At 710 meters (just under half a mile) wide, this space rock sets a record for how fast it spins on its axis: about one ...

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

Students of a school in Jhalawar district have decided to name one of the four asteroids they discovered during 2020-2021 ...