Chances Of An Asteroid Hitting Earth In 2024. — and we’re about to experience why. — imagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting the earth in about 14 years — a space rock so big that it could not only take out a city but devastate a whole.
While we have plenty of small asteroids that are scattered within earth’s orbit, this one is. On january 20, 2024, astronomer krisztián sárneczky detected an asteroid on an imminent collision course with earth.