A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network after it showed a small but real chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Finnish astronomers and an international team jumped into action,

YR4, initially feared to be a significant threat to Earth, now poses near-zero risk to our planet, thanks to ongoing observations by NASA and the James Webb Space Telescope. However, there's a 2% chance it could collide with the Moon in 2032,

NASA says asteroid 2024 YR4, the size of a 10-story building, now has a chance of crashing into the moon. At the start of the year, word spread that a huge “city-destroying” asteroid was hurtling in the direction of Earth and could potentially strike our planet by 2032,