NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years(1/3)

Image of "2024 YR4" (Photo/Agencies)

NASA has officially upgraded the likelihood of Earth being hit by asteroid 2024 YR4.

NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies, or CNEOS, now lists the chance of a collision in 2032. The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on Dec. 27, 2024.

This image made available by the University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system, shows an arrow where asteroid 2024 YR4 would be, on Dec. 27, 2024. (Photo/Agencies)

This image made available by the University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system, shows an arrow where asteroid 2024 YR4 would be, on Dec. 27, 2024. (Photo/Agencies)