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

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System — a global network of telescopes funded by NASA to find Earth-threatening objects — spotted the asteroid 2024 YR4 in December

Look at it this way — there's around a 98 per cent chance an asteroid up to the size of a football field won't hit the Earth in eight years. Still, there's up to a two per cent chance it will, according to NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).

This dangerous asteroid will be the target of observations by the James Webb Space Telescope. Astronomers will use the powerful telescope to gain insights into the asteroid’s si