Astronomers say the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has detected an asteroid that spins faster than other space rocks of its size.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory began studying the heavens from a Chilean mountaintop last spring, and its "first light" images ...
Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...
In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...
Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter ...
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...
Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...