There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton nuclear weapon. Here are its possible impact points.

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made.

Chile’s ATLAS observatory confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 has been classified at Level 3 on the Torino Scale, indicating a 1% chance of impact.