The animation ... a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid — named 2024 YR4 — having a more than 1 percent chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. “ Currently, no other known large asteroids ...

If it does hit ... nudged an asteroid off its course using a spacecraft — a strategy known as a "kinetic impactor." The target asteroid posed no threat to Earth, making it an ideal test subject.

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...