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A telescope in Chile has captured footage of Asteroid 2024 YR4, an asteroid large enough to wipe out an entire city. While city-killer asteroid is currently speeding away from Earth, scientists warn might return with a bang in 2032. NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact. Last Alert (ATLAS) spotted asteroid on Dec. 27, 2024, just after YR4 made a close approach to Earth on Dec. 25. The footage shows asteroid zooming through the expanse of space as it barrels along its orbit. At an estimated 130 to 300 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, Asteroid YR4 is big enough to be considered a city-killer, meaning it could cause catastrophic destruction if it ever collides with Earth. And the odds of impact remain low, NASA scientists have recently doubled those odds from 1.2% to 2.3%—or a 1 in 43 chance.