NASA has downgraded the threat level of potential city-killer asteroid 2024 YR4. It is now more likely to hit the moon than Earth, according to the latest data.
The space agency has been tweaking the odds of a potential strike from the 180-foot-wide (55 meters) YR4 all week. Those odds peaked at 1 in 32, or 3.1%, on Tuesday (Feb. 18), which was the highest impact probability NASA had ever recorded for a space object as big as YR4. However, the likelihood of a strike soon fell.
