New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- Asteroid 2024 YR4, a large space rock continues to be in the spotlight since being discovered in December last year. Earlier this week, scientists increased the chances of the asteroid striking the earth above the threshold level of one percent but later revised them to as low as 0.28%. Now new predictions of the moon-asteroid collision have surfaced.

US space agency NASA in a post on X stated, "New data gathered last night (Feb. 19-20) dropped the December 2032 impact odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 to 0.28%. Monitoring continues."

The city killer asteroid first made headlines after astronomers predicted that it has 1.5 percent, or 1 in 67, probability of hitting the Earth during its close approach on December 22, 2032....