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Webb observations confirm safe lunar pass for asteroid 2024 YR4
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Webb observations confirm safe lunar pass for asteroid 2024 YR4
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2026 NASA has used the James Webb Space Telescope to make new observations of asteroid 2024 YR4, confirming that it will safely pass both Earth and the Moon in 2032. The asteroid had already been ruled out as a significant threat to Earth, but the latest data eliminate a previously non-zero chance of a lunar impact during that year. The Webb campaign targeted 2024 YR4 under a Director's Discret
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