Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.

NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has calculated a 2.3% chance—roughly a 1-in-43 probability—that asteroid 2024 YR4 could impact Earth in 2032. While the number may sound alarming, astronomers emphasise that further observations will likely refine the asteroid’s trajectory and reduce any potential risk.

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar system, and we need to be prepared for what could come. A first-of-its-kind study simulated the planet-wide damage that would be caused by Bennu’s unlikely impact,

NASA has identified an asteroid that has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. The asteroid named '2024 YR4' has been detected almost 27 million miles away, yet the space agency say it has caught their 'attention'. So here's everything we know so far about this asteroid.

Further research might bring those odds down to zero, but we will likely have to wait a couple of years to know for sure

Astronomers say there is a 2.3% chance an asteroid nearly as big as the Statue of Liberty will smash into the Earth in 2032. The odds of this big old space rock, 2024 YR4, striking us was only 1.33% last week,

YR4 should remain hovering around 1%, should humanity choose to, we have already proven we can nudge asteroids out of our way.