Every newly discovered asteroid is just a point of light until measurements determine its size and, more importantly, where it’s going.
This is a much better probability than several days earlier, when the space rock was given a 3.1 per cent chance of striking Earth, or about 1 in 32. NASA expects the number to fall even further as more tracking data comes in.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson breaks down 2024-YR4, its likelihood of impact, where it would hit, and whether we can deflect it. Plus, astronomer Rick Binzel helps us break down the Torino scale and how worried people should be. Is this going to be like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs?