The latest data on asteroid 2024 YR4 has scientists confident that Earth is no longer in the bullseye. However the enormous space rock could hit the moon in late 2032 and that could have some implications for our planet.

Depending on how forceful the impact is, bits of the Moon could be ejected into space. Some of those fragments might get pulled in by Earth’s gravity and fall through the atmosphere as meteorites. These would likely burn up, or if large enough, make it to the surface.

The asteroid could slam into the moon in late 2032.

A large asteroid once considered the greatest known risk to Earth may now be on track for a direct hit — not on our planet, but on the moon. The object, named asteroid 2024 YR4, has drawn intense interest from the astronomy community as its trajectory evolves,