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NASA’s Webb captures first glimpse of asteroid once seen as earth’s biggest threat
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of an asteroid that was once ranked as the biggest threat to Earth. Earlier this year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 shot to the top of the ...
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'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan
Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
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James Webb Space Telescope gets glimpse of infamous asteroid 2024 YR4: See photos
An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get ...
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 ...
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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‘God Of Chaos’ Asteroid: It’s Exactly Four Years Until The Rarest Space Event Of Our Lives
Artist's impression of ESA's Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses), which will rendezvous ... More with the asteroid Apophis and accompany it through its extremely rare flyby of Earth in ...
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Space Telescope Snatches Thermal Image of Asteroid Everyone Briefly Believed Will Hit Us
The James Webb Space Telescope turned the 2024 YR4 asteroid in the smallest target it ever observed, was able to accurately ...
Asteroid which caused panic about deadly collision with Earth is massive, Nasa says
YR4, it appeared, was heading for Earth but more data recorded by the Webb Space Telescope has offered new information about ...
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NASA's Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won't hit Earth in 2032
The Webb Space Telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit list. Discovered late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted ...
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The Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon? Not so much, Webb telescope finds
James Webb Space Telescope gets images of asteroid Webb turned its eye toward ... While YR4 and its much larger cousin, Apophis, have been ruled out as threats to Earth, astronomers believe ...