A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

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

An artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN45—the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ever found. The asteroid is shown surrounded by m ...

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026, at 32 times the moon’s distance, posing no ...

Earth is often described as a water world, but how that water arrived has never been settled. For years, the focus has rested ...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most prolific showers of the year, producing rich, bright streaks. The Perseids are ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate ...