January 22, 2026 | UW News
A team led by University of Washington astronomers has discovered the fastest-ever spinning asteroid with a diameter over half a kilometer. The asteroid — found while analyzing data from the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory and dubbed 2025 MN45 — is 0.4 miles in diameter and completes a full rotation every 1.88 minutes.
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January 21, 2026 | WIRED
From surveys of the pre-Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of alien technology. Read more at WIRED
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January 14, 2026 | Rebecca Bodenheimer | The Magazine of Harvey Mudd College
Astronomer Meredith Rawls is working to explore and protect the universe.
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January 7, 2026 | DiRAC News
First peer-reviewed paper using LSST Camera data identifies an asteroid, nearly the size of eight football fields, rotating every two minutes. The study was led by Sarah Greenstreet, NSF NOIRLab assistant astronomer and lead of Rubin Observatory’s Solar System Science Collaboration’s Near-Earth Objects and Interstellar Objects working group. The team presents their results in a paper appearing […]
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