Asteroid watch: 2024 YR4 is heading our way. Track its chances of hitting Earth with this NASA tool

Get the Full StoryThe chances of our planet colliding with this newly discovered object in 2032 are very remote, but they have recently almost doubled.

From devastating climate change to ongoing wars to the dismantling of the globe s largest aid agency, there s no shortage of problems facing the world. And now we can add another one to the list: An asteroid could conceivably hit the planet in just under eight years. And while the chances of that happening are very small, they have now nearly doubled.

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