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Odds of 2024 YR4 asteroid hitting Earth rise again

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NASA data shows a 3.1% chance of the asteroid hitting Earth in just under eight years .

Asteroid is the most threatening to Earth in modern asteroid forecasting.

Scientists stress there is no need for alarm and that the odds of an impact will fluctuate.

Asteroids are leftovers from the solar system's formation 4.6 billion years ago .

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