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Webb finds asteroid 2024 YR4 is building-sized

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James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032

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.

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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 anyway. Here's what it found.

Q&A: Webb finds asteroid 2024 YR4 is building-sized

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently turned its watchful eye toward asteroid 2024 YR4, which we now know poses no significant threat to Earth in 2032 and beyond.

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Fearless James Webb Telescope Stares Down "City Killer" Asteroid That Had Been Feared to Strike Earth

That "city-killer" asteroid may no longer be projected to strike Earth in the near future, but scientists are still keeping ...

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Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it

Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — ...

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JWST snaps first image of asteroid that threatened Earth

2024 YR4 may not make catastrophic history, but it did set a new record for the JWST as the smallest object ever targeted by ...

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