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

The asteroid, discovered using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, is one of 19 large fast-rotating asteroids found with ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Out in the depths of space, somewhere in between Mars and Jupiter, is a newly discovered asteroid that's breaking records.

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

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