Turns Out Earth Is Safe from Asteroid 2024 YR4
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the odds that our celestial neighbor, the moon, could be impacted have only continued to climb.
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New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 is a building-sized space rock 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 impact odds were likel...
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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.
The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will livestream views of the asteroid's close approach online.
YR4, once feared to hit Earth, may now strike the Moon in 2032, with NASA tracking its path using the Webb Telescope., Science News - Times Now
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Interesting Engineering on MSNNASA’s Webb captures first glimpse of asteroid once seen as earth’s biggest threatNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of an asteroid that was once ranked as the biggest threat to Earth. Earlier this year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 shot to the top of the planetary defense watchlist after it was predicted to have a 3 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
Scientists have issued a chilling update on the 'city-destroying' asteroid due to make a perilously close pass of Earth and the moon in 2032. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers discovered that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, is even ...