In its preliminary data release, taken from just seven nights of observations, the powerful Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered an enormous, fast-spinning asteroid that sets a new record.

Astronomers say the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has detected an asteroid that spins faster than other space rocks of its size.

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Astronomers have finally pinned down both the mass and distance of a solitary “rogue” planet, a world that drifts through ...

Planets usually stay close to their host stars, tracing steady paths shaped by gravity. Yet some planets break free and drift ...

Abstract: Sizes and stiffness variations of actively deformable objects pose significant challenges on the design of compliant constant-force gripper. This paper presents a curved-beam based constant ...

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before. By combining Einstein’s gravity with realistic behavior of light and ...

At the same time that artists began to depict demons in Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030–1640 B.C.) tombs, carvings of these beasts also appeared on a type of artifact Egyptologists have dubbed “magic wands.” ...

In this study, four kinds of polymer-ceramic composite scintillator films with characteristic response to different energy X-rays are prepared by a universal vitamin-assisted in-situ growth method.