A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size of a football pitch is on course to smash into Earth at Christmas time in seven years. Scientists say the enormous space rock is between 40 and

The next close approach of asteroid 2024 YR4 is projected for December 22, 2032, when it may pose a potential danger, with an estimated 1.2% chance of impact.

A newly identified asteroid, measuring between 40 and 100 metres wide, has been placed at the top of the asteroid risk list.

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December 2032.

YR4, the asteroid is estimated to be between 40 m and 100 m wide and is projected to come close to Earth in December 2032.

A n asteroid discovered in 2024 has been placed at level 3 on the Torino impact scale, with a small chance of impact with Earth in 2032.

"Impact probability is still very low, and the most likely outcome will be a close approaching rock that misses us."

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1%.

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for the first time

A newly discovered asteroid wider than a football pitch could smash into Earth in less than a decade - and carries the highest risk of impact ever recorded by the European Space Agency. The space rock,

Using the ESA's measurement, asteroid 2024 YR4 may range anywhere from 200 to 500 Squishmallows, or roughly half of the size of the average child's collection.