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asteroid, James Webb Space Telescope

Mashable on MSN · 10h

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 naked eye, called infrared. Infrared light is largely heat energy, allowing Webb to observe the heat from distant objects, whether they're planets or distant galaxies.

Toronto Star · 2h

The James Webb Space Telescope will monitor an asteroid that could crash into Earth in 2032

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is being tapped to study an asteroid with a one-in-43 chance of colliding with Earth. On the slim chance it hits, experts say the impact could level a city or trigger tsunamis.

NASA Calls in Webb Telescope to Track Recently Identified Hazardous Asteroid

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are shifting, with the space rock now carrying a 1-in-48 chance of collision.

YR4, Earth and asteroid

Indiatimes · 1h

Asteroid 2024 YR4 heading toward Earth: UK scientist warns it might be too late to deflect now

Discovered in December 2024, YR4 currently ranks 3 out of 10 on the Torino Scale. Nasa said it is deploying the James Webb Space Telescope to overserv

Boston.com on MSN · 1d

Here’s what an MIT scientist says about the asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032

Astronomers will have more information later this spring about the asteroid's path and its likelihood of hitting Earth. The post Here’s what an MIT scientist says about the asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032 appeared first on Boston.

Metro on MSN · 3h

The Moon could become our bodyguard and 'take the hit' of asteroid 2024 YR4

The ‘city killer’ asteroid (possibly) heading our way might spare us and slam into the Moon instead, scientists said. The space rock known as 2024 YR4 has a 2.1% chance of hitting Earth based on current observations.

3hon MSN

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 ...

1don MSN

James Webb to join observations of asteroid that could strike Earth in 2032

The James Webb Space Telescope will be helping to track asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032 ...

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NASA tracking Asteroid 2024 YR4, which has tiny chance of colliding with Earth in 2032

VIDEO: Scientists are tracking Asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small chance of colliding with Earth in 2032.

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