The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers say not to fret.

Artist's conception of the DART spacecraft approaching the Didymos asteroid system before deflecting the Dimorphos moonlet Credit - NASA. I f you’re like every other earthling,

The DART mission was fab, but might not be able to stop 2024 YR4,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Referring to NASA’s 2022 DART mission that successfully altered the orbit of a smaller asteroid, Andrews warned a similar approach may not work here.