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Captured by a 3,200-megapixel camera, asteroid 2025 MN45 is a half-mile giant spinning once every 1.88 minutes. This rare ...

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🚨Record-breaking asteroid spotted by NSF–DOE @VRubinObs 🚨 Using early data from the LSST Camera, astronomers have ...

Out in the depths of space, somewhere in between Mars and Jupiter, is a newly discovered asteroid that's breaking records.

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