In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2024 YR4 twice over the next few months. The asteroid has a roughly 2.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032.
  • JohnDClay
    14·
    22 hours ago

    Yeah, great video. Deflecting it seems surprisingly doable if the will is there.

    • mipadaitu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      12 hours ago

      I like how he brought up the fact that if we try and fail, then what? What happens if NASA bumps it just enough to push it from Africa to India?