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The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed that the potentially dangerous asteroid 2024 YR4 will not collide with the moon in 2032.

Learn how scientists were able to confirm that asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032, and will instead pass by safely.