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 ...
Odds of asteroid YR4 2024 hitting Earth in 2032 go up again, NASA says
YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.
NASA warns asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit densely populated regions; over 100 million people in risk zone
An asteroid, the size of Big Ben’s tower, poses a 2.6 percent chance of hitting Earth on 22 December 2032. Key cities like ...
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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 ...
Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth creep upward
As the risk corridor narrows for asteroid 2024 YR4, the possibility of a collision with Earth have increased.
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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 ...
NASA Asteroid 2024 YR4 'city killer' puts 100 million people at risk in collision course
YR4 has a one-in-32 chance of hitting Earth according to NASA scientists, and would be 500 times more powerful than the ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth - Webb is on the case
Discovered on December 27, 2024, asteroid 2024 YR4 is currently rated as a three on the Torino scale. Space agencies around the world are closely monitoring ...