Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won't hit Earth in 2032

JWST snaps first image of asteroid that threatened Earth

The deep space asteroid that recently made headlines for its potential to collide with Earth received its own photoshoot courtesy of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. While the images released on April 2 by the European Space Agency provide a faint glimpse at the sizable meteor, the pictures also mark a significant milestone for the most powerful space observatory ever launched into orbit. The asteroid 2024 YR4 caused a stir earlier this year w…

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.

Astronomers have, for a time, designated the asteroid 2024 YR4 as the most threatening for the Earth of known near-Earth asteroids. They imagined that they would be on their way to collide with our Planet in 2032. But the most recent data they could collect about it is more...

The Webb Space Telescope captured images of the asteroid that caused agitation earlier this year when it exceeded the Earth's hit list. Discovered at the end of last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was planned at some point to have a 3% chance of slamming the Earth [...]

Now a new threat has emerged.