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 ...
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City-slaying space rock 2024 YR4 still has 2.4% shot at smacking Earth
Scientists refine estimates, but can't yet rule out an impact The latest figures from the European Space Agency (ESA) on the trajectory of asteroid 2024 YR4 show a reduction in uncertainty around the ...
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 ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4: More than 100 million people live in risk corridor, Nasa data shows
Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 2.6 per cent chance of hitting Earth on 22 December, 2032, making it the biggest ...
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James Webb Telescope To Refine 2024 YR4 Asteroid Size Estimate
Astronomers say the asteroid, estimated at 40-90 m (131-295 ft.) in diameter, could impact Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. “It is ...