The record-breaking asteroid is spinning so fast it should break up

The record-breaking asteroid is spinning so fast it should break up

With data collected months before its main survey begins, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is already changing what we thought we knew about asteroids. In the Main Asteroid Belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the telescope spotted a large asteroid spinning shockingly fast. Its name is 2025 MN45it measures 710 meters (2,330 feet) … Read more

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will pass Earth on Friday morning at about 168 million miles

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will pass Earth on Friday morning at about 168 million miles

Weeks after a rare interstellar comet made its closest pass to the Sun, it will make its closest pass to Earth. Comet 3I/ATLAS was first discovered in July by a regular survey of the sky by the Asteroid Terrestrial Impact Alert System (ATLAS), after which the comet was named. The name “3I” means “third interstellar” … Read more