Shock discovery: Scientists warn that city-destroying asteroid nearing Earth in 2032 is more massive than first estimated
A massive asteroid, 2024 YR4, initially estimated at 40 meters in diameter, is actually 60 meters wide, posing a more ...
James Webb dives into the heart of the Milky Way to study star formation
Webb first observed the region called Sagittarius C in 2023. Now researchers are now using those observations to study star formation in the wider area around the center of the Milky Way, known as the ...
Here's an Image of the Asteroid Everyone Was Worried About
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured a glimpse of the asteroid that had a chance of impacting Earth three months ago.
‘City-killer’ asteroid now likely to miss Earth but may be on crash course with the moon
A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...
Why astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could potentially strike the moon
Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.
Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit moon
A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers
Stars are the architects of nearly all the chemical elements in the universe, including ones crucial to life as we know it, ...
James Webb Space Telescope gets glimpse of infamous asteroid 2024 YR4: See photos
An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get ...
The Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon? Not so much, Webb telescope finds
An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get a look at it anyway.
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JWST’s Next Year of Amazing Science Revealed—As Funding Worries Loom Large
The next year of science on the James Webb Space Telescope has been announced amid mounting budgetary uncertainty that could ...
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NASA raises near-Earth asteroid’s chance of impacting the Moon to almost 4%
The near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered by a Chile-based telescope from the Atlas network in late December. The European Space Agency (ESA) said it has an almost 99% chance of safely passing ...