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

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

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

The unusual cosmic lump — dubbed 2025 MN 45, 2,300 feet in diameter and located in the Main Asteroid Belt between the orbits ...

The Vera Rubin Observatory has found 19 new "superfast rotator" asteroids, including the fastest-spinning big space rock ever ...

A newly spotted space rock has just shattered the speed record for large asteroids, spinning so quickly that by all ...

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

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 ...

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

When you find 1,900 previously unknown space rocks within seven nights of starting operations, there are bound to be some ...

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter ...