When we look up at the night sky, we tend to see asteroids as simple, wandering rocks—the leftover debris from […] ...

Installation of an experiment testing asteroid material at CERN's HiRadMat facility. (Photo: Karl-Georg Schlesinger) Millions of asteroids orbit ...

Explore the most significant asteroids that have impacted Earth throughout history. This video delves into notable events, detailing the size, composition, and effects of these colossal space objects.

An artist's rendering of 2025 MN45 - the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ever found. Photo: NSF-DOE ...

On January 6, 2026, astronomers unveiled a groundbreaking discovery in The Astrophysical Journal Letters: an astonishing cosmic entity named 2025 MN45. This monument ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small ...

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter over half a kilometer—a feat uniquely enabled by Rubin. The study provides ...

A crop of asteroids discovered by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is wowing astronomers, with one of the space rocks ...

With a diameter of around 2,300 feet, the newly-detected asteroid completes a full rotation in just under two minutes.

An asteroid spinning every 1.88 minutes has been discovered in the Asteroid Belt. Scientists are stunned to see the ...

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

A record-breaking asteroid has been discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory just seven days after it began its observations. Based on this performance result, scientists and astronomers can expect ...