Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? The James Webb Space Telescope has helped scientists determine that asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously had a 4.3% chance of crashing into our moon, will not impact our lunar companion at all. Instead, it will instead safely cruise past the moon at an altitude of 13,200 miles (21,200 kilometers). When asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27, 2024 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), it was for a short time the most dangerous asteroid ever discovered. With a diameter of about 197 feet (60 meters) there was originally a non-zero chance that it could impact Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. An asteroid of this size could destroy a city, or if it struck the ocean, produce a catastrophic tsunami that would endanger multiple coastal regions.…