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NASA Rules Out 2032 Lunar Impact From Asteroid 2024 YR4 After JWST Data

Fresh JWST measurements in February enabled JPL to refine the orbit, ruling out a lunar strike.

Study Puts 4.3% Chance on Asteroid 2024 YR4 Striking the Moon in 2032

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has About a 4% Chance of Striking the Moon on Dec. 22, 2032

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has Small Chance of Hitting the Moon in 2032

Updated Orbit Shows 4% Moon-Impact Chance for Asteroid 2024 YR4 in 2032

Study Puts 4% Chance on 2032 Lunar Impact, Detailing Big Science and Real Hazards

Study Puts 4% Chance on 2032 Lunar Impact by Asteroid 2024 YR4

Rubin Observatory Study Finds Record-Fast Main-Belt Asteroid Spinning Every 113 Seconds

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Moon-Strike Risk Hinges on February JWST Observations

Tiny Asteroid Skims Earth at ISS Altitude Over Antarctica, Found Only Hours Later

Tiny Asteroid 2025 TF Skims Earth at ISS Altitude in One of Closest Recorded Flybys

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Has ~4% Chance of Hitting the Moon in 2032, Study Details Nuclear Disruption Option

Scientists Detail Nuclear Backstop for Asteroid That Could Strike the Moon in 2032

NASA Team Weighs Nuclear Option to Avert Possible 2032 Lunar Strike by Asteroid 2024 YR4

Study Outlines Nuclear or Kinetic Response as Asteroid 2024 YR4 Poses 4% Moon-Impact Risk

Study Flags Hidden Venus Co-Orbital Asteroids as Long-Term Earth Hazard

Study Lays Out Nuclear and Kinetic Options to Prevent Possible 2032 Moon Impact by Asteroid 2024 YR4

Study Confirms North Sea’s Silverpit Crater Was Formed by an Asteroid Impact

Asteroid 2025 FA22 Safely Speeds Past Earth at More Than Twice the Moon’s Distance

Japan Probes Brilliant Fireball Over Kyushu That Likely Broke Up Over the Pacific