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JWST snaps 1st image of asteroid that threatened Earth

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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.

Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit moon

A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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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 the telescope. It’s also one of the smallest space objects to have its size directly measured.

Watch 'potentially hazardous' asteroid fly near Earth this weekend in this free livestream

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...

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NASA Tracking Plane-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.

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Meteor strike may have sparked an explosion of life in the early Earth

A devastating meteorite strike over three billion years ago may have been just what early life needed to thrive. While it’s ...

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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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