Astronomers have opened up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to foreign scientists to determine how much damage the asteroid 2024 YR4 will cause if it hits Earth

Nasa is directing the James Webb Space Telescope to track asteroid 2024 YR4, whose collision risk with Earth has risen to 2.3 per cent, in a bid to better understand its size and trajectory

In eight years' time, an asteroid dozens of meters in size could hit the Earth. One of our best instruments is now to determine how big it actually is.

The James Webb Space Telescope will be helping to track asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

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.