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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That's easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw ...