and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a potential "city-killer," the asteroid was first detected in December and its odds of ...

They were taken through the lens of the Gemini South Telescope - a powerful ... produce an impact equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT. The "city-killer" name comes from scientists' prediction that ...

They photographed the rock star ahead of its world tour. A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a collision ...

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 naked eye, called infrared. Infrared light is largely heat energy, allowing ...

Humanity's most powerful space telescope is setting its sights on the most dangerous known asteroid in the solar system. According to a blog post from the European Space Agency (ESA), an ...

Characterized as a potential "city-killer," the asteroid was first ... astronomers will use the Webb Telescope to collect data on its size that could not be observed as accurately without the ...

The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track ...

CHILLING new telescope photos of the "city killer" asteroid hurtling towards earth at 30,000mph have been released. The chance of the space rock smashing into Earth when it loops around in 7 years ...

The Gemini South telescope, commissioned over two decades ago, continues to contribute significant astronomical findings. On February 7th, it captured a new image of Asteroid 2024 YR4, which ...