An extraordinary celestial event could unfold in the night sky in less than a decade if an asteroid passing Earth collides with the Moon. The impact of asteroid 2024 YR4 into the lunar surface would likely send debris flying out towards us, resulting in a unique meteor shower composed entirely of moon dust.

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.