Asteroid 2024 YR4 Near-Zero Impact
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Earth's in the Clear From Menacing Asteroid in 2032âBut Our Moon Might Not Be

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 is headed toward a close approach to Earth on December 22, 2032 .
NASA 's Webb Space Telescope re-confirms that asteroid has a nearly 0% probability of crashing into Earth .
That said, astronomers are unable to rule out a possible impact with the Moon.
The asteroid would release about 8 megatons of energy during impact, 500 times the energy released by atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 .
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