A few weeks later, those odds were reduced to a more worrying1-in-48chance.
The moon’s crater-covered surface is an indication of how many asteroids have impacted our natural satellite.
Its largest crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, is more than 1,500 miles in diameter.
Scientists are now using the James Webb Space Telescope to take a closer look at asteroid 2024 YR4.
