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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" ...
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This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.
But sometimes a space rock gets flagged as a potential threat because there is a slim chance that it may collide with Earth. A newly discovered near-Earth asteroid called 2024 YR4 is one ...
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Odds Of Football Field-Sized Asteroid Hitting Earth Just Went Up
the International Astronomical Union's list of asteroids that come close to Earth. That puts it way out in front of any other asteroid. If 2024 YR4 were confirmed to be on a collision course ...
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Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has ... humanity has come a long, long way in the past several millions of years. Now, ever-improving technology at our disposal has equipped us here on Earth to better ...
The Independent4d
Chance of Earth being hit by asteroid in 2032 double
The chances of Earth ... come in. New observations may result in reassignment of this asteroid to 0 as more data come in,” the space agency said in a statement last week. The asteroid known ...
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An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know.
What we know about 2024 YR4 and ... it's zooming away from Earth, and its next close pass will not come until 2028. Scientists will be able to get another look at the asteroid then, Harwood ...