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James Webb Space Telescope, Earth and 2024 YR4

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 in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but there is a 3.8% chance that our moon may be in trouble.

Detroit Free Press · 21h

The Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon? Not so much, Webb telescope finds

An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get a look at it anyway.

Seattle Times · 1d

NASA’s Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won’t hit Earth in 2032

NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit list.

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New York Post on MSN · 20h

‘City-killer’ asteroid now on crash course with the moon after Earth likely to dodge a direct hit

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon.

Daily Record on MSN · 2h

NASA issues update on size of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 that could smash into the Moon

NASA has raised the odds that a massive asteroid, about the size of a 10-storey building, could collide with Earth's Moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, discovered in December 2024, initially posed a potential risk to Earth in 2032.

SciTechDaily · 7h

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 after it showed a small but real chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Finnish astronomers and an international team jumped into action,

Space.com24m

Watch 'potentially hazardous' asteroid fly near Earth this weekend in this free livestream

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...

20hon MSN

NASA catches a glimpse of 'city-killer' asteroid before it disappears until 2028

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.

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Huge asteroid that briefly threatened Earth may smash into moon

An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4 per cent chance of smashing into the moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The asteroid, thought ...

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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 ...

Space.com on MSN1d

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 — ...

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