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For reference, that’s about the same length of the Great Wall of China, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-18337039">according to the BBC</a>.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmmh0zysn003u357xcaikm698@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“The observation team, led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland,\xa0<a href="https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2026/03/06/how-nasas-webb-helped-rule-out-asteroids-chance-of-2032-lunar-impact/">used Webb to capture the two additional observations of 2024 YR4</a>\xa0in an application of the telescope’s unique capabilities,” said NASA. “Since spring of 2025, the asteroid has been unobservable from both Earth and space-based observatories except for this use of Webb to make among the faintest ever observations of an asteroid.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmmh0zyvf003v357xyhjkyk92@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'In addition to 2024 YR4 not being a threat in 2032, NASA said there isn’t a significant impact risk through the next century. 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