NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission set out to grab a small scoop of rock from asteroid Bennu and bring it home. Instead, it delivered ...

Life on Earth may have started with a molecule that still runs our cells today. As researchers probe ribonucleic acid in the ...

American Museum of Natural History Astronomer Dr. Jackie Faherty joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the cosmos. How old is the universe?Could a solar flare destroy the ...

Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...

In a stunning feat of precision and chemistry-driven exploration, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission intercepted a speeding asteroid more than 200 million miles from Earth, collected samples from its surface, ...

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 ...

At 710 meters (just under half a mile) wide, this space rock sets a record for how fast it spins on its axis: about one rotation in less than two minutes. That makes it the fastest-spinning asteroid ...

The telescope's view of a portion of the Virgo Cluster is bombarded by asteroids, captured as tricolored streaks. Credit: RubinObs / NOIRLab / SLAC / NSF / DOE / AURA A new telescope in Chile has ...

2025 MN45 is 0.4 miles wide and completes one rotation every 1.88 minutes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...

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 ...

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