Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smash into it in 2032

A visualization of the Earth toward the right, the moon in the center and the asteroid in the foreground toward the left.

The James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists determine that asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a 4.3% chance of crashing into our moon, will not impact our lunar companion at all. Instead, it will instead safely cruise past the moon at an altitude of 13,200 miles (21,200 kilometers).