This offers us a glimpse of the discovery surge scientists expect to occur once full operations begin.

Scientists at the Rubin Observatory have identified nearly 11,000 asteroids, including hundreds beyond Neptune and 33 ...

A single early dataset from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory has revealed more than 11,000 new asteroids, marking one of the ...

Advanced algorithms speed up the search for small solar system objects, and astronomers say there's much more to come.

Using preliminary data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, scientists have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids. The data ...

The new Vera C. Rubin Observatory has already discovered over 11,000 asteroids in just weeks, revealing a faster way to map ...

JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA.

The awe-inducing Vera C. Rubin Observatory does not blink. From its sky-high altitude in the Chilean Andes, Rubin will image ...

When we think about asteroids that could threaten Earth, we often imagine massive, city-sized rocks hurtling through space. But what if the real danger comes from much smaller, barely detectable ones?

A computer visualization maps small bodies in the solar system that are expected to be observed by the Rubin Observatory during the 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time. Red indicates near-Earth ...

A 4.6-billion-year journey into the deep freeze -- Comets and asteroids on earth -- Shooting stars and space dust -- Water and life on earth and in space -- Taking the science to space -- The Stardust ...

Asteroids, like comets, are the remnant population of planetesimals—those small primordial bodies from which the planets accumulated. Common asteroid types are described in Table 4.1. Generally, the ...