That small asteroid named YR4 is definitely not going to hit the moon
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New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032.
Earth has long been deemed safe from a calamitous collision with a certain small asteroid in 2032. The moon, on the other hand, remained under threat for a little while longer.
Finally, though, scientists have been able to conclusively rule out a lunar impact when asteroid 2024 YR4 is in our cosmic neighborhood in a few years.
The moon briefly had a small chance of taking a hit from the asteroid during its close approach in 2032 – prompting one team of scientists to propose simply nuking the space rock.
Now, that extreme plan might not be necessary. New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope that improved our understanding of the orbit of the asteroid, first discovered at the end of 2024, led to good news for our celestial neighbor.
Instead of being a risk to crash into the lunar surface, 2024 YR4 is instead projected to have a close encounter with the moon – passing within a distance that is 18 times closer than the moon is to Earth.
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