We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

Among other things, the James Webb Space Telescope is designed to get us closer to finding habitable worlds around faraway ...

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

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Scientists discover asteroid spinning once every 1.88 minutes—the fastest rotation ever found for a large space rock. Five ...

Explore seven factual aspects of Jupiter, including its size, moons, rotation, atmosphere, rings, formation, and magnetic field based on NASA findings.

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A study by Gondwana Research confirms that the Iberian Peninsula is rotating clockwise due to the movement of the African ...

Scientists tracked active solar region NOAA 13664 for 94 days, showing how persistent magnetic complexity drives flares and ...

Way out there in the asteroid belt is an object that's spinning so fast, scientists are surprised it hasn't flown apart.

An artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN45—the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ...

In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has ...