甫于2024年年底发现的小行星2024 YR4可能会在2032年撞击地球，其概率已上调将近一倍。为此，美国国家航空航天局（NASA）将启用观测能力最强的詹姆斯‧韦伯太空望远镜（James Webb Space ...

NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...

The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to be pointed at asteroid 2024 YR4 to reduce uncertainty regarding the chances of ...

The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...

An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1-per cent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to Nasa data released on Tuesday – making it the most threatening space rock ever recorded by ...

A newly discovered asteroid has climbed to the top of NASA's impact risk list after fresh observations doubled its chances of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope, which is the JWST is the largest and space telescope ever built, is expected to help NASA and ...

Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of ...

An asteroid that could level a city now has a 3.1-percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released ...

Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.

In eight years' time, an asteroid dozens of meters in size could hit the Earth. One of our best instruments is now to ...