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James Webb telescope ups the odds that ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken its final look at the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4, at least…

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Science news this week: ‘City-killer’ asteroid swarms and a buried toddler ‘Ice Prince’

This week’s science news started off with a bang as Europe’s largest active volcano erupted Monday morning (June 2), spewing…

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James Webb telescope takes emergency look at ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032

The powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just completed the first of two planned observations of the infamous “city-killer”…

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How Planetary Defenders Planned to Stop That City-Killer Asteroid

In mid-February 2025 astronomers announced that 2024 YR4—a recently discovered asteroid big enough to severely damage or even destroy a…

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Chance of ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 smashing into Earth rises yet again to 3.1%, NASA reports

The probability that a major asteroid, big enough to wipe out an entire city, will hit Earth in 2032 has…

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‘City-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say

An asteroid that’s big enough to wipe out a city has a 1-in-43 chance of hitting our planet in the…

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In emergency decision, James Webb telescope will study ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 before its close approach to Earth

Humanity’s most powerful space telescope is setting its sights on the most dangerous known asteroid in the solar system. According…

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‘City-killer’ asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, NASA says

NASA scientists have just spotted a hunk of space rock that could smack into Earth in 2032. And while it’s…

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