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This is the asteroid that could crash into the Moon in 2032 and leave a crater visible from Earth
By February 2024, NASA had ruled out any Earth strike. The updated odds dropped to near zero, and 2024 YR4 was officially ...
Odds of ‘city-killer’ asteroid hitting the Moon go up again
An asteroid that, until a few months ago, was believed to be a threat to Earth is increasingly looking like it could crash ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting the Moon have now more than doubled
The latest probability of impact for asteroid 2024 YR4, as of June 3, 2025, at 4.3 per cent of striking the Moon on December ...
NASA Raises Odds of Asteroid Smacking the Moon in 2032
YR4, which previously posed the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, has now been assessed a slightly higher chance of ...
Could an asteroid hit the moon? NASA says chances have risen
While Earthlings may be safe, our latest glance of the asteroid in May, courtesy of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, led ...
This asteroid won't strike Earth. Here's why NASA is still watching.
After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There ...