There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a possible crash course with Earth, however there’s a really slight probability the moon might take the hit.

Primarily based on present observations, there’s a 2.1 per cent probability that the asteroid – about so long as the Leaning Tower of Pisa is tall – will crash into our planet on 22 December 2032. Though it is rather prone to miss, a direct strike on a populated space can be catastrophic. However whether it is in actual fact heading immediately our approach, new calculations present that there…