Uranus is the strangest planet in the solar system when it comes to rotation, spinning almost completely on its side. Scientists believe something massive happened early in its history, possibly a ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has identified asteroid 2025 MN45, a 710-meter object spinning at an unprecedented rate of once every 1.88 minutes. This discovery challenges existing models of asteroid ...

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise direction. However, the universe never ceases to amaze us with its unexpected ...