A small asteroid serendipitously discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been identified as a near-Earth object (NEO), opening up a new way to search for these potentially hazardous asteroids. The asteroid, designated as 2021 GW4, was imaged by the telescope in February 2021 and has been classified as an NEO based on its orbit. This marks the first time an asteroid has been found using the JWST, and could lead to the development of a new method of discovering and tracking NEOs.

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source: Phys.org