Imagine eating as much as you can handle, getting heavier and heavier — all while getting slimmer and slimmer. Sounds like a dream, especially after the festive period, right? Well, maybe not for ...

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 ...

Something unusual is happening to our planet, and scientists are racing to understand why. For billions of years, Earth’s rotation has been gradually slowing down, mainly due to the Moon’s ...

Neutron stars are so named because in the simplest of models they are made of neutrons. They form when the core of a large star collapses, and the weight of gravity causes atoms to collapse. Electrons ...

Neutron stars, the remnants of massive stars after a supernova, are among the densest and most fascinating objects in the universe. Recent discoveries have indicated that some neutron stars are ...

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 ...

It's not science fiction: Scientists have discovered a neutron star that spins faster than any blender humans have ever made. In a recently published study, scientists discovered that the 4U 1820-30 ...

A new telescope in Chile has discovered a rapid asteroid as wide as eight football fields, making full spins in less than two minutes. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, built to repeatedly photograph the ...

What can fast-spinning stars known as “blue lurkers” teach us about star formation and evolution? This is what a recent study being presented at the 245th American Astronomical Society meeting hopes ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - If it feels like summer is flying by, science says you’re not imagining it. Starting Wednesday, July 9, Earth is literally spinning faster than usual. Scientists recorded one of the ...

How fast can a neutron star spin? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as an international team of more than a dozen researchers have identified one of ...