Potential impactors are most likely to have low velocities and the highest likelihood of hitting Earth during the winter.

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"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...

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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 ...

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

The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.