A massive asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, is locked on a collision course with the Moon, raising global alarm. Scientists warn ...

Today is the last day to ride DINOSAUR at Disney's Animal Kingdom. The attraction opened on April 22, 1998, as Countdown to Extinction - one of the original attractions when Animal Kingdom first ...

Astronomers confirm a 4 percent chance that asteroid 2024 YR4, which is a 60 metre space rock, that could strike the Moon on 22 Dec 2032. An impact would blast debris into space and could send meteors ...

Using early data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which is set to kick off full operations later this spring, an international team of astronomers has discovered an asteroid that spins so fast, it ...

A mile-wide asteroid known as 2005 UK1 will safely pass Earth on Jan. 12, 2026. Image from Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project www.virtualtelescope.eu A massive near-Earth asteroid of “planet ...

TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — After years of planning, the University of Arizona’s latest satellite is ready to blast off and study planets outside of our solar system. Scientists said Pandora was mounted ...

Astronomers peering through images from the Vera C. Rubin Obervatory have discovered an unusual asteroid spinning so fast that it's broken the record for how space rocks of its size are supposed to ...

A crop of asteroids discovered by the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is wowing astronomers, with one of the space rocks spinning at a record-breaking speed. Among the nearly 2,000 asteroids detected ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Astronomers have spotted an asteroid the size of nearly eight ...

Scientists have discovered the fastest-spinning asteroid sized over 0.3 miles in diameter, which is rotating about once every two minutes. Dubbed 2025 MN45, the space rock is some 2,300 feet across ...

Way out there in the asteroid belt is an object that's spinning so fast, scientists are surprised it hasn't flown apart. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers have identified 19 super- and ...

An artist’s conception zeroes in on a main-belt asteroid called 2025 MN45, which makes a full rotation in less than two minutes. (Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory / NOIRLab / SLAC / AURA / P.