Asteroids capable of flattening a metropolis are no longer the stuff of science fiction, and the latest “city destroyer” ...

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

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

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo missions—and they’re shaking up the search for life beyond Earth.

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 ...

Space is bustling with rocks and dust, and occasionally, larger asteroids capture public attention. One such asteroid, 2023 ...

An artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN45—the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory detected nearly 2,000 new asteroids in about 10 hours, including MM45, rotating in under two ...

An international team of astronomers has discovered an asteroid that spins so fast, it should've torn itself apart.

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