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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 — ...
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 ...
Asteroid Large Enough to Destroy an Entire City Could Still Strike the Moon in 2032, Scientists Say
YR4 is no longer a hazard to Earth, according to the James Webb Space Telescope The infamous "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 ...
NASA's Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won't hit Earth in 2032
NASA's Webb telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit ...
Scientific American6d
A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
Asteroid impact threat estimates improved for the Earth and the moon
YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...
Asteroid warning as huge space rock may smash into Moon
The large space rock, named 2024 YR4, was originally thought to have a 3.1 per cent possibility of smashing into our planet ...
Discover Magazine9d
Asteroid Mining Gives Companies Hope in the Search for Rare Metals
As concerns over Earth’s limited resources continue to grow, some entrepreneurs are eagerly looking beyond our planet to establish the next big business venture: asteroid mining. The prospect of ...
BBC10d
Are we on the verge of mining metals from the asteroids above Earth?
As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare minerals from the many celestial bodies above us. Thirty years ago the ...
Major update as asteroid could hit Earth - and it's bad news for the MOON as well
NASA have revealed a major update about a mega asteroid dubbed Space rock 2024 YR4. The asteroid was expected to hit Earth in 2032, predicting mass devastation ...
Phys.org9d
Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a diameter between 40 to ... These so-called Kirkwood gaps are not obvious since they show up only in plots of the average distance of asteroids from the sun.