New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- An asteroid measuring up to 300 feet may hit into the Earth in 2032, NBC quoted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as saying, adding that the chances of a collision are 'extremely low'.

The space rock, labelled as 2024 YR4, was discovered weeks ago. Last week, NASA stated that there is currently a 2.3 per cent (or 1 in 43) chance that the asteroid will hit Earth on December 22, 2032.

However, in January, NASA's initial estimate of the space rock hitting was 1.2 per cent. The space agency at that time had said, as NBC quoted, " "no other known large asteroids have an impact probability above 1%."

Meanwhile, the NASA is monitoring the asteroid's orbit and said that the object's "impact hazard" ...