NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first detailed images of asteroid 2024 YR4, a near-Earth object that initially raised concerns.

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting the moon in December 2032, a slight rise from NASA’s February estimate of 1.7%.

The shielding technology was tested in vacuum chambers, where it was used to remove lunar dust samples brought home by NASA's Apollo missions. The first time EDS was tested in space was on the ...