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Asteroid 2025 VP1 is hurtling through space at more than 18,300 miles per hour, the space agency has reported.

“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

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New observations show that asteroid 1998 KY26 is a mere 11 meters across and spinning twice as fast as previously thought.

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Supersonic shock waves are cone-shaped disturbances that result from an object moving faster than the speed of sound. If you ...