New data from the James Webb Space Telescope indicates that there's now a 4.3% chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could strike the moon in December 2032.
ByJamie Carter
ByJamie Carter,
Senior Contributor.
An asteroid previously thought to be heading towards Earth may now collide with the moon, according to the latest calculations by NASA. About the size of a 10-story building, asteroid 2024 YR4 has just over a 4% chance of hitting the moon seven years from now.
Graphic of the possible locations – represented by yellow points – of asteroid 2024 YR4 on Dec. 22, ... More
NASA has announced that an asteroid about 200 feet in diameter is now slightly more likely to crash into the moon.
Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so much.
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