NASA Calls in Webb Telescope to Track Recently Identified Hazardous Asteroid
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are shifting, with the space rock now carrying a 1-in-48 chance of collision.
NASA telescope to study 'city-killer' asteroid in 'emergency' decision as odds of striking Earth go up
NASA is using its most powerful space telescope to study the true size of the "city-killer" asteroid that has a one-in-43 ...
James Webb Space Telescope unveils region with newborn star: See stunning photo
HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...
NASA’s Webb Telescope To Scan Asteroid Threatening To Hit Earth
Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.
Chances of 'country-killer' asteroid hitting Earth increased to 1 in 43
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
NASA to study 'city-killer' asteroid as chances of hitting Earth increase
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.
NASA Just Doubled the Odds of an Asteroid Impact – Should We Worry?
YR4 now has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, prompting ongoing observations. Ground-based telescopes will track it ...
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Searching the entire sky for the secrets to our universe
A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...
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Webb Space Telescope shines light on another fascinating secret of our universe
Webb's fiery image is an edge-on protoplanetary disc, known as HH 30, around a newly formed star that is hidden by the dark disc in the middle. Astronomers are looking to this cosmic object to study ...
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NASA has created a more powerful James Webb Space Telescope for $488,000,000 to find answers from the beginning of time
NASA is launching a new space telescope more powerful than its James Webb counterpart which will be able to shed more light ...
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Space photo of the week: James Webb and Hubble telescopes unite to solve 'impossible' planet mystery
New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where planets formed in the early universe.
How Webb Telescope’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Nearly Broke Cosmology—and Helped Fix It
Mysterious little red dots threatened to overhaul modern cosmology—but new research may have solved the celestial conundrum.