Astronomers are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a slim 1.2% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032.

The asteroid, named Asteroid 2024 YR4, has a 1.3 per cent – or one in 83 – chance of striking Earth on December 22 in 2032.

YR4 was first discovered in December last year by a telescope in Chile. The near-Earth asteroid is as big as a football field ...

The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour ...

YR₄ has now been observed hundreds of times, but an impact still cannot be ruled out. The first images are also available.

The space rock, dubbed 2024 YR4, could pose a threat to Earth with over 1% chance of hitting us on December 22, 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is between 120 to 270 metres in diameter, and travelling at approximately 19.14 km/s (68,904 km/h). The ...

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