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Vera Rubin Observatory spots the fastest-spinning large asteroid ever found

2025 MN45 isn't the overall spin-rate record holder. Astronomers have found a number of small asteroids — those just a few ...

Vera C. Rubin Observatory spots record-breaking asteroid in pre-survey observations

Astronomers analyzing data from Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter ...

Astronomers Discover Asteroid Spinning So Fast It Should Have Torn Itself Apart

Astronomers peering through images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered an unusual asteroid spinning so fast ...

Asteroid 2025 MN45 sets new spinning speed record captured by the world’s largest camera at the Rubin Observatory

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has identified asteroid 2025 MN45, a 710-meter object spinning at an unprecedented rate of once ...
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NASA Solar Sail Spacecraft Damaged, Spinning Through Space

NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), a dazzling spacecraft designed to make use of the tiny amounts of radiation pressure exerted by sunlight for propulsion, is still spinning through ...