China's first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen 2, is scheduled to be launched in the coming months from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, according to the China National ...

Astronomers have discovered an unusually fast-spinning asteroid, 2025 MN45, which rotates every minute and 53 seconds, defying theories about asteroid structural integrity.

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

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

A newly spotted space rock has just shattered the speed record for large asteroids, spinning so quickly that by all ...

Astronomers have identified a newly discovered asteroid, named 2025 MN45, racing through space at extraordinary speed, ...

Scientists have discovered an asteroid in space roughly the size of eight football fields. The celestial body, named 2025 ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has identified asteroid 2025 MN45, a 710-metre-wide object spinning once every 1.88 minutes.

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 ...

A skyscraper-sized asteroid spinning every 113 seconds has stunned scientists, hinting at unexpected strength inside ancient ...

All 19 of the newly identified rapidly rotating asteroids are longer than an American football field, which is approximately ...

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