The likelihood of the 2024 YR4 asteroid hitting Earth is now 0.001 percent, according to the European Space Agency, down from 3.1 percent as forecast by NASA last week. Scientists will continue to monitor its trajectory in the coming months but now expect that the asteroid will pass our planet in December 2032.

YR4, once considered a potential threat to Earth, is now unlikely to hit in 2032, as new data and observations significantly reduce the impact risk, easing fears of a massive asteroid impact.

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. The ESA said the chance was now down to 0.

The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday.