Asteroid Near-Miss and SpaceX’s Historic Splashdown

In today's episode, we delve into NASA's close monitoring of Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially feared as a 'city-killer,' and its potential lunar impact. We also celebrate SpaceX's Fram2 mission, marking a milestone in private space exploration with its successful Pacific Ocean splashdown. Plus, updates on NASA's Earth observation advancements and challenges. Join us for these stories and more on Simply News. Sources: https://www.livescience.com/space/asteroids/james-webb-telescope-takes-emergency-look-at-city-killer-asteroid-2024-yr4-ahead-of-close-encounter-in-2032 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/james-webb-space-telescope-measures-the-size-of-building-sized-asteroid-2024-yr4-revealing-key-details/articleshow/119968593.cms https://www.independent.co.uk/space/asteroid-yr4-city-killer-moon-collision-b2727212.html https://www.universetoday.com/articles/webb-scans-asteroid-2024-yr4-its-60-meters-across https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/city-killer-asteroid-2024-yr4-is-no-longer-a-threat-to-earth-but-it-could-collide-with-moon-instead/articleshow/119966951.cms https://www.cbsnews.com/news/city-killer-asteroid-yr4-path-earth-moon/ https://scitechdaily.com/asteroid-2024-yr4-sparks-global-alert-now-it-might-hit-the-moon-instead/ https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/04/Webb_snaps_photographs_of_Asteroid_2024_YR4 https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/01JQSF5C4CGVMCS3EV9YX6CQAR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mS17Gsy_Tk https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/a-notch-above-a-gimmick-experts-question-scientific-merit-of-billionaires-fram2-space-adventure-around-earths-poles https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/spacex-spaceflight-splashdown-oceanside-friday/3795304/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWBmcRl2UeI https://www.space.com/news/live/fram2-spacex-mission-updates https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-fram2-space-tourists-splash-down-earths-poles/ https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/03/31/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-fram2-astronauts-to-polar-orbit-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-the-kennedy-space-center/ https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=fram2 https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/spacex-launches-historic-polar-mission-fram2/ https://opentools.ai/news/spacex-fram2-the-first-private-polar-orbit-mission-lands-safely-back-on-earth https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/x-rays-mushrooms-and-more-the-science-riding-on-spacexs-fram2-astronaut-mission-around-earths-poles https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=fram2 https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/spacex-launches-historic-polar-mission-fram2/ https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/earth-science-data-roundup-april-2025 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/17/7/1233 https://essd.copernicus.org/data_description_paper.html https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/infrared-light-reveals-tornados-path/ https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2025.1517081/epub https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/available_packages_by_date.html https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/viewforum.php?f=7 https://www.preprints.org/frontend/manuscript/b9f4a1829ea6a071e4d2984100397cb1/download_pub https://tryhardguides.com/nyt-connections-answers/ https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/data-announcements https://www.spectralreflectance.space/p/spectral-reflectance-newsletter-114 https://nsidc.org/data/user-resources/data-announcements/data-set-updates-new-nasa-earthdata-cloud-access-option-nasa-snowex-2017-available-2-april-2025 https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/centers/sedac-daac/learn?page=%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C%2C1 https://pace.oceansciences.org/access_pace_data.htm https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/viewforum.php?f=7 https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/tools/worldview