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

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

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

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid ...

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

The solar system’s largest planet shines bright as the Moon wanes and Saturn’s moons dance in the sky this week.

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids out near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is closing in on its second close encounter with an asteroid, expected to happen on April 20, 2025. This pass marks another key step in a long journey that began in 2021 and ...

The first full moon of 2026 is the Wolf Moon. And it’s a supermoon —the fourth in a row! As per the Farmer’s Almanac, it will ...

A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the small ...