Astronomers say the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has detected an asteroid that spins faster than other space rocks of its size.

2025 MN45 isn't the overall spin-rate record holder. Astronomers have found a number of small asteroids — those just a few ...

Baba Vanga had predicted that an alien spaceship would enter the Earth's atmosphere in the year 2026, and multiple conspiracy ...

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

Space mining tech is advancing as robotic systems make asteroid exploration and resource analysis increasingly viable. Autonomous rovers now assess asteroid composition using laser-based spectroscopy, ...

New research shows how RNA, a key molecule for life, may have formed on early Earth using simple chemistry and materials delivered by asteroid impacts, linking space science with the origins of life ...

REx reveals asteroid Bennu contains life's building blocks, shedding light on Earth's origins and the potential for extraterrestrial life.

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

An international team of researchers pointed the largest single-dish radio telescope in the world at 3I/ATLAS.

From conspiracy theories to being older than the Sun, the trajectory of comet 3I/ATLAS challenges previous ideas about ...

When astronomers first spotted a faint, fast-moving object racing through the outer Solar System in mid-2025, few expected it ...