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

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The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully moved asteroid moonlet Dimorphos "by a whopping 33 minutes," according to NASA. See the highlights here. Credit: NASA ...

Four more asteroids have been named after Polish figures, according to the latest bulletin of the International Astronomical ...

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This year’s Australia Day Honours celebrates the contributions of several big public service names, including former ...

Michael Bay movies are often crowd pleasers, but near the top of any list of Bay’s best movies has to be his outer space ...

Every year, the MIT Technology Review publishes a list of 10 breakthroughs poised to take off in the coming year. Amy Nordrum, executive editor of operations there, talks through this year's entries.

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In astronomy, an occultation is when a celestial body or object — like the moon or a planet — passes in front of a distant celestial body or object — such as a star or other solar system body — and ...