The space rock was first detected in December and was initially considered to have a chance of striking Earth in 2032.
The team hopes that their findings will help broaden the culinary options available to astronauts.
Space rock 2024 YR4 was originally calculated to have a 3.1% probability of impacting our planet on December 22, 2032.
Skygazers across a broad swathe of the Northern Hemisphere will have a chance to see the Moon take a bite out of the Sun on Saturday when a partial solar eclipse sweeps from eastern Canada to Siberia.
People have always studied the skies to predict the weather, but recently scientists have noticed that clouds are changing on a global scale -- posing one of the greatest challenges to understanding our warming world.
The Sun was directly above Earth’s equator marking the spring equinox.
Stargazers across a swathe of the world marvelled at a dramatic red "Blood Moon" during a rare total lunar eclipse in the early hours of Friday morning.
Scientists say a supernova explosion close to Earth could be to blame for two extinction events.
Global sea levels rose more than expected in 2024, Earth's hottest year on record, according to an analysis released Thursday by the US space agency NASA.
It covers nearly three-quarters of our planet but the ocean floor is less mapped than the Moon, an astonishing fact driving a global push to build the clearest-ever picture of the seabed.