An artist's rendering of 2025 MN45 - the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ever found. Photo: NSF-DOE ...

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An international team of astronomers has discovered an asteroid that spins so fast, it should've torn itself apart.

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The space rock, known as "2026 AJ" and 40 feet in diameter, is hurtling toward our planet at around 20,500 miles per hour.