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YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...