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

The biggest planet in the Solar System has gone rogue. And now it’s heading straight toward Earth. You have 30 days till this ...

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

Scientists have discovered a “record-breaking” asteroid that is nearly the size of eight football fields. The object, known ...

Measuring around 41 feet in diameter, the asteroid is speeding towards our planet at more than 38,500 miles per hour.

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

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

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

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 reach full illumination at 5:03 a.m. EST on January 3, so set your alarm ...

2025 MN45 isn't the overall spin-rate record holder. Astronomers have found a number of small asteroids — those just a few ...

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

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 ...