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.
  • kreskin@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I hope we didnt cut all of NASAs funding yet. I’d hate to leave that worst case scenario to Musk or Boeing to handle.