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Astronomy Magazine Hubble Wallpapers Videos See the universe come to life via animations, scientific visualizations, expert commentary, and more. Cosmos Magazine - Space The European Space Agency’s Near Earth Object Coordination Centre – the world’s primary watchdog for an asteroid orbiting close to the planet – has upped the risk level for one of the 19,563 asteroids and 107 comets listed as passing through the Earth’s neighbourhood. According to the agency, recent observations of an asteroid discovered last year and dubbed, thus, XB 2018, have prompted a recalculation of its likelihood of impacting the planet. It is now considered the fifth most dangerous Near Earth Object (NEO) in the sky – but still represents very little cause for concern. XB 2018 is now estimated to have “a probability of about 1 in 7000 to collide with Earth in year 2092”, the ESA reports in its latest bulletin. Its risk rating may change again – up or down. The object’s current orbital position makes it challenging to observe, but astronomers are confident it will become visible again later in the year. Related reading: Is an asteroid going to kill you?