Will an asteroid collide with Earth? How the Webb telescope will track 2024 YR4
The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...
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This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.
NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids ... effect can gradually change an asteroid’s motion, changing its long-term orbit. NASA's Deep Space Network radio telescopes ...
The Washington Post on MSN12d
Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention
The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
ABC News3d
Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says
The object was discovered in late December as it made a close approach towards Earth, but it is now moving away, Farnocchia said. The elongated shape of the orbit takes the asteroid around the ...
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Odds of asteroid hitting Earth went up, but that was expected: What to know about 2024 YR4
While the asteroid won't again be observable from Earth until June 2028, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will be able to study it in March from orbit. "As more observations of the asteroid’s ...
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An asteroid could hit Earth in 2032, NASA says. Here's what to know.
For now, it's zooming away from Earth, and its next close pass will not come until 2028. Scientists will be able to get another look at the asteroid then, Harwood said, and determine its orbit ...
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth go up as NASA tasked with studying it
Only 2% of this region, at most, intersects the Earth, which is the small dot at the center of the Moon's orbit. / Credit: NASA "An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few ...