This international recognition honors Indonesian Jesuit priest and scientist Bayu Risanto's contributions to meteorology and ...

The space rock, known as "2026 AJ" and 40 feet in diameter, is hurtling toward our planet at around 20,500 miles per hour.

This week marks a turning point in a longer story that’s been unfolding since late summer, as the sun, Mercury, Venus and ...

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 ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Jupiter steals the show this week as the solar system’s largest planet reaches opposition, shining ...

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

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

Astronomers peering through images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered an unusual asteroid spinning so fast ...

If scientists are able to inspect it in person, and they find that Mars was indeed once alive with microbes, we would know ...

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

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

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