An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it anyway. Here's what it found.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but there is a 3.8% chance ...

It came closest to Earth on Christmas Day, two days before it ... Discovery images of asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA The ESA said that the space rock "is small enough that the effects ...

At first, asteroid 2024 YR4 seemed like a potential threat to Earth, but that risk has since been greatly reduced. The asteroid is estimated to be between 30 and 65 metres wide. Meanwhile, the chances ...

"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we did not think many Earth-crossing asteroids could originate from.

A team of astronomers used the Gemini South Observatory in Chile to observe asteroid 2024 YR4 in multiple wavelengths as it zoomed away from Earth in February, barely 1 1/2 months after its discovery.

The asteroid 2024 YR4, which was discovered in December 2024, has been making headlines around the world recently. It was initially estimated to be around 40-90m (131-295ft) wide, arger than a 12 ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 shifted its course from Earth but brought fresh dangers to the Moon. Astronomers have tracked this space rock, which scientists first discovered in late December 2024. Research ...

At one time, it was feared that the asteroid '2024 YR4' had a non-negligible probability of colliding with the Earth, at about 3%, and if that were to happen, it would cause damage on the ground ...

NASA is closely monitoring a bus-sized asteroid that is expected to zoom past the Earth today at a speed of around 19,193 miles per hour.

NASA said that info from the James Webb Telescope showed that asteroid 2024 YR4 is the size of a 10-story building and increased its likelihood to make impact with the moon. Photo courtesy NASA ...

Designated as near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, both NASA observers and members of the worldwide planetary defense community felt at first that the object, said to be 174-220 feet in size, might hit ...