The Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon? Not so much, Webb telescope finds
An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...
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James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 Sparks Global Alert – Now It Might Hit the Moon Instead
A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...
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Chances Asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit Moon increase but Earth remains in the clear
An asteroid that set off a global effort to determine if it would impact Earth in 2032 is no longer a threat to our planet, ...
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"If the asteroid 2024 YR4 had threatened Earth, we would have tried to deflect it because it measures more than 50 meters"
The Spanish researcher from ESA reflects on the case of the asteroid 2024 YR4, "the most important in the last 20 years," and explains what would happen if it were to collide with the Moon in 2032 - ...
Webb Zooms In on Building-Sized Asteroid Once Feared to Hit Earth – And It’s Stranger Than Expected
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...
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Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it
Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — ...
JWST snaps first image of asteroid that threatened Earth
2024 YR4 may not make catastrophic history, but it did set a new record for the JWST as the smallest object ever targeted by ...
Q&A: Webb finds asteroid 2024 YR4 is building-sized
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently turned its watchful eye toward asteroid 2024 YR4, which we now know poses no ...
Scientists excited about the possible collision of asteroid 2024 YR4 with the Moon: “Hopefully it will have an impact”
YR4 was classified in February at Level 3 on the Torino Scale prompting the UN to activate the Planetary Security Protocol ...
NASA says asteroid 2024 YR4 size of a 10-story building; increases chances of moon impact
NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.
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Asteroid that once threatened Earth may target the Moon
YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.