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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

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

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 ...

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