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NASA Updates Moon Impact Risk for Asteroid 2024 YR4 to 3.8%

The asteroid, estimated to be 174-220 feet in diameter, poses no threat to Earth but could create a visible crater on the Moon if it collides in December 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Ruled Out as Earth Threat, Moon Impact Risk Rises

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Ruled Out as Earth Threat, Moon Impact Still Possible

Partial Lunar Eclipse to Grace Germany's Morning Sky This Friday

Gaia Spacecraft Confirms First Exoplanet and Brown Dwarf Using Astrometry

Asteroid 2024 YR4 Could Approach Earth in 2032 with Low Impact Risk

Astronomers Observe Unprecedented X-Ray Flashes from Distant Black Hole

Pluto and Charon's Formation Explained by 'Kiss and Capture' Collision

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Completes Record-Breaking Sun Flyby

New Research Reveals the Moon Is Older Than Previously Believed

Parker Solar Probe Completes Final Venus Flyby for Historic Sun Mission

NASA's Perseverance Captures Unique Phobos Solar Eclipse on Mars

NASA's Curiosity Captures First-Ever Image of Earth and Mars' Moon Phobos Together

NASA's DART Mission May Create First Human-Made Meteor Shower

Astronomers Track Star's Ongoing Struggle with Supermassive Black Hole

Gaia Telescope Uncovers Hidden Moons Around Hundreds of Asteroids