NASA captures record-breaking images of the fastest-spinning asteroid in space |

NASA has released a set of extraordinary radar images showing an asteroid spinning so fast that it has forced scientists to rethink long-held assumptions about small bodies in space. The asteroid, known as 2025 OW, is tiny compared to the large space rocks we normally hear about, yet its behaviour is anything but ordinary. Detected […]

NASA’s drastic plan: Nuclear bombs could be used to stop ‘City-Killer’ asteroid headed for the moon |

The growing precision of space observation has placed planetary defence at the centre of contemporary astrophysics. Among emerging candidates for mitigation planning, asteroid 2024 YR4 has prompted renewed attention to the role of nuclear disruption as a viable last-resort option against potential celestial collisions. Discovered in December 2024, this near-Earth asteroid follows an orbit that […]

Meteorite older than Earth smashes house roof in Georgia; scientists trace rock to asteroid belt – video

A meteorite fragment that tore through the roof of a Georgia home last June has been found to be older than Earth itself, according to scientists at the University of Georgia.Geologist Scott Harris told Fox News Digital that the rock, which fell on June 26 near Atlanta, originated from the asteroid belt between Mars and […]