Scientists from NASA and the ESA have almost completely ruled out the threat from the asteroid 2024 YR4. Earlier concerns suggested it might collide with Earth, with the probability of such an event estimated at as high as 3 percent.

Earth will remain unscathed as NASA officially rules out the possibility of an asteroid collision in 2032, quelling fears that asteroid 2024 YR4—a space rock the size of a football field—could strike the planet.