Will an asteroid collide with Earth? How the Webb telescope will track 2024 YR4
The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...
NASA’s Webb Telescope To Study Asteroid 2024 YR4 As Impact Risk Rises
NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...
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James Webb Space Telescope to size up asteroid 2024 YR4 before it rocks our world
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to be pointed at asteroid 2024 YR4 to reduce uncertainty regarding the chances of ...
Webb telescope has a new mission: surveillance of a threatening asteroid
The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...
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Space rock 2024 YR4 still has 2.4% shot at smacking Earth
The probability of Earth impact remains at 2.4 percent, and the estimated size of the asteroid is still anywhere from 40 to ...
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'Asteroid hitting earth 2032' fear: Why NASA, ESA deployed James Webb Space Telescope to monitor YR4?
The James Webb Space Telescope, which is the JWST is the largest and space telescope ever built, is expected to help NASA and ...
Asteroid 2024 YR - How the powerful James Webb Space telescope is helping NASA monitor space rock
On the Webb telescope, 18 hexagonal mirrors combine to form a massive primary mirror that is 21 feet (6.5 meters) across. The ...
Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...
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Chance of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 smashing into Earth rises yet again to 3.1%, NASA reports
NASA has increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, up from 1 in 42 as reported in ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 7 years. Here’s what could happen — and what’s being done about it
YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.