NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image of Ceres' south polar region on May 17, 2017.

South polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta. NASA/jPL-Caltech/Getty Images When the detection of the asteroid was announced last month, NASA predicted just a 1.3% probability of it hitting Earth.

NASA is tracking a house-sized asteroid set to whiz past Earth tomorrow at a thundering 29,304 miles per hour. The space rock ...

The media is full of reports of a “city killer” asteroid called 2024 YR4 that's destined to impact Earth in 2032, with astronomers about to be left helpless as it moves out of view of ...

But we are running out of time to forecast the asteroid’s risk. One issue is that 2024 YR4 will fly behind the sun in April, placing it out of the view of most Earth-based telescopes.

But astronomers only have a certain amount of time to observe the asteroid before it fades from view in April. Now, they’re planning to turn the powerful eye of the James Webb Space Telescope in ...

But experts are running out of time to predict the asteroid’s risk. One roadblock is that 2024 YR4 will fly behind the sun in April, placing it out of the view of most Earth-based telescopes ...

The narrow difference is due to the two agencies’ use of different tools for determining the asteroid’s orbit and modeling its potential impact. But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance ...

The asteroid — which was initially discovered ... as much about the object as possible before it disappears from view, per ABC News. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily ...