Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson took to Twitter on Saturday (February 15) to weigh in on the news. He wrote: “At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years.

Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson issued a grave warning about the ‘city-killer’ asteroid that could impact Earth. He said on X last week: “At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one in fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years. Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.”