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Asteroid 2024 BX1 was spinning at an unprecedented rate, completing one full rotation every 2.6 seconds. This translates to about 30,000 rotations per day, making it the fastest spin observed in ...

PT5, initially believed to be a tiny asteroid, likely originated from the Moon. Discovered in 2024, PT5's reflectance and ...

An asteroid larger than Manhattan is approaching Earth this week ... With an estimated diameter of 2.6 miles (4.2 kilometers), it is one of the five largest asteroids to approach us by 2200. Its slow ...

An asteroid just came careening into our atmosphere, burning up in a dramatic fireball over Russia. The asteroid, formally named 2024 XA1, measured about 28 inches across, and had only been ...

the asteroid is familiar in appearance. In a paper submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters, they argue that its size, rotation, and reddish colour are similar to those of asteroids in our Solar ...

massive and heavily metallic body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected hydrated minerals on the surface of asteroid 16 Psyche. The asteroid is one of the ...

An asteroid the size of a school bus is heading towards our planet, zipping past us twice as close as our own moon today. The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is one of the first handful of asteroids ...

This artist's concept depicts the 140-mile-wide (226-kilometer-wide) asteroid Psyche, which lies in ... [+] the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Psyche is the focal point of NASA's ...

Hayabusa will fly close to the asteroid, and release a target marker onto it, which will allow scientists to study the rotation of the asteroid with better accuracy. Studying these asteroids has ...

The spacecraft will conduct thorough before-and-after surveys of Apophis' shape, surface, orbit, rotation, and orientation, helping scientists understand the asteroid's response to external forces.