China conducted a total of 93 space launches in 2025, setting a new national record for orbital launches in a single year.

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

The asteroid, 2025 MN45, completes a full rotation once every 1.88 minutes, meaning it must have a very high strength to keep ...

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

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory began studying the heavens from a Chilean mountaintop last spring, and its "first light" images ...

Scientists at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have identified the fastest-ever spinning asteroid larger than half a kilometer ...

Scientists have discovered the fastest-spinning asteroid sized over 0.3 miles in diameter, which is rotating about once every ...

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...

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

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

As part of the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory First Look event in June 2025, Rubin announced that it had observed thousands of asteroids cruising ...

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