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

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

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory detected nearly 2,000 new asteroids in about 10 hours, including MM45, rotating in under two ...

When you find 1,900 previously unknown space rocks within seven nights of starting operations, there are bound to be some ...

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

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter ...

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

Astronomers analyzing data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and ...

With a diameter of around 2,300 feet, the newly-detected asteroid completes a full rotation in just under two minutes.