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You can watch the ‘city-killer’ asteroid as it soars toward Earth

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been spotted by NASA 's Asteroid Terrestrial -impact Last Alert System.

The asteroid is currently speeding away from Earth , but scientists warn that it might return with a bang in 2032 .

The odds of impact remain low, but NASA scientists have doubled those odds from 1.2 percent to 2.3 percent .

The impact of the asteroid would be 500 times more powerful than the atomic bomb in Hiroshima .

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formal

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English

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