A newly spotted space rock has just shattered the speed record for large asteroids, spinning so quickly that by all expectations it should have torn itself apart. The object, named 2025 MN45, is ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has observed a record-breaking ultra-fast-rotating asteroid. The space rock ...

Haumea is one of the fastest rotating large objects in our solar system. A single day on the dwarf planet is only about 4 Earth hours long. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

Scientists discovered asteroid 2025 MN45 spins fastest for its size, rotating every 1.88 minutes Asteroid 2025 MN45 is about 2,329 feet wide, roughly the length of eight football fields The asteroid ...

This artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN 45 — the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ever found. The asteroid is shown surrounded by many other asteroids, ...

Scientists have discovered the fastest-spinning asteroid sized over 0.3 miles in diameter, which is rotating about once every two minutes. Dubbed 2025 MN45, the space rock is some 2,300 feet across ...