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

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

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

A huge asteroid discovered by scientists has broken records by spinning faster than any other asteroid of its size ...

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

Astronomers have spotted an asteroid the size of nearly eight football fields, with the help of the largest digital camera in ...

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

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

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

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

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

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