The speed of an asteroid's spin can tell astronomers a surprising amount about what it is made of. However, existing ...

Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have identified a 1.6-mile-wide asteroid that completes a full rotation in ...

Astronomers using fresh data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have uncovered an asteroid that defies usual planetary ...

The trick is to watch the light. Most asteroids are lumpy and irregular, so the amount of sunlight they reflect changes as ...

In one of the first major discoveries from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, scientists have revealed a previously unknown galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. Described in a study that hasn’t been ...

NASA is part of a Japan-led mission known as MMX that in the coming days could send an uncrewed spacecraft toward Mars to ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is skeptical that UFOs are extraterrestrials, but said in an interview with NewsNation that ...

The asteroid rotates at approximately 4.18 minutes and measures about 1.55 miles (2.5 km) and scientists are surprised how it ...

An asteroid with a diameter of 2.53 km has been discovered that completes an orbit in a record 4.18 minutes, indicating that ...

Jeltema’s work focuses on observational cosmology and particle astrophysics, including constraints on the nature of dark ...

Asteroid 2026 SA8 flyby today: a 7-meter near-Earth asteroid passes within 0.99 lunar distances of Earth, providing a live stress test of the planetary defense network. New research confirms the ...

The Earth-based Rubin Observatory and Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched this year, both figuratively and literally. The Rubin Observatory in Chile began observing on this past June and the ...