The James Webb Space Telescope will make additional observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4’s characteristics and orbital path in May using the midinfrared instrument, pictured being installed into the spacecraft.
Credit: Chris Gunn/NASA
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will refocus its gaze in May on 2024 YR4, an asteroid with an estimated diameter of up to 300 ft. that passed undetected more than 500,000 mi. from Earth on Dec. 25. Big enough to devastate a city, the asteroid triggered alarm bells when it was seen two days later...
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