The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but there is a 3.8% chance ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first detailed images of asteroid 2024 YR4, providing new insights into its size, surface material, and heat patterns. Initially considered a ...

YR4 may hit the Moon after changing its path away from Earth. Learn what this means, how it happened, and what scientists are ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 will come perilously close to the Earth, and may even ...

An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth anytime soon, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get a look at it anyway. If the name of the asteroid sounds ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently turned its watchful eye toward asteroid 2024 YR4, which we now know poses no significant threat to Earth in 2032 and beyond. We spoke with Andy Rivkin of ...

An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth anytime soon, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get a look at it anyway. If the name of the asteroid sounds ...

That "city-killer" asteroid may no longer be projected to strike Earth in the near future, but scientists are still keeping close tabs on it. Using the mighty James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured the first up-close images of near-Earth object asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially baffled astronomers due to size and proximity. The asteroid has ...

For months, astronomers were concerned that a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, could collide with Earth in 2032. But thanks to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), we now know ...