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In emergency decision, James Webb telescope will study 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 before its close approach to Earth (www.livescience.com)
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[โ€“] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 52 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For those interested in how they come up with the impact probabilities and why it's really important that JWST is looking at this, Scott Manley did a great video on this recently: https://youtu.be/Esk1hg2knno?si=Be2u_pxtVPPw6FWt

[โ€“] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months 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?