Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth, but media reports too often ignore the unlikelihood of impact in reports of near-Earth asteroids, a Tucson astronomer says.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 2.3% chance of striking the Earth on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2032, according to experts from NASA and the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN).

Why Asteroid Day? In December 2016 the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/71/90, declaring 30 June International Asteroid Day in order to "observe each year at the ...