An asteroid named 2024 YR4 has a 2.1% chance of striking Earth on December 22, 2032, with potential impact zones identified across multiple continents. If an impact occurs, it could cause a massive explosion.

Scientists recently doubled the chances that Asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Earth in 2032. While earlier estimates said the chance of the giant space rock- roughly the size of Big Ben- had around a one per cent chance of collision with our planet, this has now risen to 2.3 per cent, or around one in 43.