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Asteroid that's concerned NASA for years could hit moon

USA TODAY on MSN · 2d

Could an asteroid hit the moon? Odds rise after NASA's Webb examines YR4. The projections

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.

Asheville Citizen Times on MSN · 1d

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 the agency to conclude that YR4 now has an even higher chance of colliding with the moon in 2032 — though the chance still rests at only 4.3%

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 slamming into the Moon in seven years.

The Weather Network on MSN16h

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 ...

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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 ...

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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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