If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon in 2032, it would be the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to a new analysis. Researchers say the Moon debris would threaten spacecraft in ...

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

Depending on how forceful the impact is, bits of the Moon could be ejected into space. Some of those fragments might get ...

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 ...

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 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.

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% ...

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon in 2032, it would be the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to a new ...