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Webb telescope has a new mission

Mashable on MSN · 3h

Webb telescope has a new mission: surveillance of a threatening asteroid

The most powerful space telescope ever built is peering into some of the deepest realms of the universe. It will also now peer at a big asteroid that has low but still concerning odds — around 2 percent as of Feb.

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.

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.

Earth, asteroid and NASA

Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.

The Week · 30m

Asteroid hitting Earth in 2032? NASA's 2024 YR4 prediction explained and should we worry?

YR4, a near-Earth asteroid has a one-in-45 chance of hitting Planet Earth in December 2032, NASA and the European Space Agency believe

Evening Standard on MSN · 1h

Asteroid headed for Earth 'could hit Moon', astronomer says

Of the Asteroid 2024 YR4, Mr Rankin said last month: "It is just important to keep in mind that its orbit is still too uncertain to know if it will hit and, right now, the most li

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China Sets Up 'Planetary Defense' Unit Over 2032 Asteroid Threat

YR4 has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and China is preparing to deter it by mirroring a U.S. space test.

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‘Don’t have time’…Dire warning on ‘city-killer’ asteroid hurtling towards Earth as expert casts doubt on deflecting rock

SCIENTISTS do not have time to deflect the asteroid a size of a football pitch that is hurtling towards Earth, an expert has ...

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