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Scientists have discovered the fastest-spinning asteroid sized over 0.3 miles in diameter, which is rotating about once every ...

Scientists discover asteroid spinning once every 1.88 minutes—the fastest rotation ever found for a large space rock. Five ...

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

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 ...

Among the first finds from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the discovery hints at a population of exceptionally strong ...

Scientists at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have identified the fastest-ever spinning asteroid larger than half a kilometer ...

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A newly discovered celestial object may be a starless cloud that could change how astronomers understand dark matter.

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