If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon, it would create a crater more than half a mile in diameter (1 km), becoming the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to the study. Current ...

A giant asteroid, roughly the size of a football field, was spotted hurtling through space — and for a moment, it looked like ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

Science Space Deep Space Space Telescope Asteroid 2024 YR4 might smash into the moon Astronomers estimate the chances of a collision are 4 percent. Andrew Paul Jun 30, 2025 4:05 PM EDT ...

In February 2025, asteroid 2024 YR4's maximum collision risk with our homeworld when it swoops back around in 2032 was projected to be 3.1 percent. Now its collision risk has risen to 4.3 percent ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope caught the latest glimpse in May of asteroid 2024 YR4, which led to the odds of it impacting the moon in 2032 to rise to 4.3%.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances of hitting the moon in December 2032 have increased to 4.3%.

The odds of an asteroid the size of a 10-story building slamming into the Moon in 2032 have risen slightly, according to NASA. On June 5, the agency announced that Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 4.3% ...

The updated math has now bumped up the odds the asteroid will smack the moon on Dec. 22, 2032. That means the probability of a lunar collision has slightly increased from 3.8 percent to 4.3 percent.