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The Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon? Not so much, Webb telescope finds
An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...
See what the asteroid that we thought might hit Earth looks like
This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...
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NASA’s Webb captures first glimpse of asteroid once seen as earth’s biggest threat
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Webb Zooms In on Building-Sized Asteroid Once Feared to Hit Earth – And It’s Stranger Than Expected
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...
Asteroid Large Enough to Destroy an Entire City Could Still Strike the Moon in 2032, Scientists Say
The infamous 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4, which is large enough to destroy an entire city, still has a 2% chance of ...
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The Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon? Not so much, Webb telescope finds
Weeks after Webb glimpsed the asteroid, NASA and the European Space Agency are releasing findings and images from the telescope's observations. Most ominously, while Earth is still safe from the ...