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 ...
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In emergency decision, James Webb telescope will study 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 before its close approach to Earth
In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...
NASA’s Webb Telescope To Scan Asteroid Threatening To Hit Earth
Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.
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 ...
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 ...
Nasa's James Webb telescope zeroes in on asteroid that could hit Earth
Nasa is directing the James Webb Space Telescope to track asteroid 2024 YR4, whose collision risk with Earth has risen to 2.3 ...
Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as NASA tasked with studying it
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...
Asteroid 2024 YRâ‚„: James Webb space telescope to determine the danger
In eight years' time, an asteroid dozens of meters in size could hit the Earth. One of our best instruments is now to ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope To Lock In On Asteroid That Could Hit Earth In 2032
Astronomers are turning to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2% chance of ...
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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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as Webb telescope is tasked with studying potential "city-killer"
An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...