The speed of an asteroid's spin can tell astronomers a surprising amount about what it is made of. However, existing ...

Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have identified a 1.6-mile-wide asteroid that completes a full rotation in ...

Astronomers using fresh data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have uncovered an asteroid that defies usual planetary ...

The near-real-time alert system will enable scientists around the world to coordinate follow-up observations like never before Among the first alerts are detections of supernovae, variable stars, ...

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter over half a kilometer—a feat uniquely enabled by Rubin. The study provides ...

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.

A large asteroid is spinning so fast that it should break apart, according to new data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Within the huge population of asteroids observed by the observatory, ...

A powerful new telescope in South America is already offering tantalizing hints of what it can do. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory began studying the heavens from a Chilean mountaintop last spring, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The newly commissioned Vera C. Rubin Observatory has issued 800,000 astronomy alerts in just one night — a staggering number of ...

Space is a place that holds many mysteries, and astronomers make numerous discoveries every year. This was recently the case with the help of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which discovered an ...

This 1.7-gigapixel view of the constellation Lupus was captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The image showcases the telescope’s unmatched range, resolving individual stars and faint dust within ...

Newswise — The NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, has released its first alerts ...