<ul><li>Recent observations show that the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth has dropped to just 0.16 percent.</li><li>The asteroid, estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet in size, would impact the Earth with about 7.7 megatons of energy.</li><li>The new trajectory estimates come from new observations made after a week of limited visibility.</li><li>Although the odds of the asteroid hitting the Earth have decreased, the chances of it impacting the moon have increased to one percent.</li></ul>

Phew! The risk of that asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 has significantly lowered

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