NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how deep it went. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Congress clinches ...

Scientists using a powerful new sky survey telescope have discovered something extraordinary: an asteroid larger than six football fields spinning like a top at breakneck speed, completing a full ...

An artist's impression of the asteroid 2025 MN45.NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/P. Marenfeld The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has observed a ...

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. A powerful new ...

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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 ...

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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. The OSIRIS-REx ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spent two years observing the asteroid Bennu before it collected a ...