Skygazers across the Northern Hemisphere are being treated to stunning views of comet NEOWISE as…
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NEOWISE, or the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, is a NASA space telescope mission that uses infrared technology to identify and characterize near-Earth objects (NEOs), such as asteroids and comets. Originally launched in December 2009 as the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), the spacecraft was tasked with mapping the entire sky in infrared light. After completing its primary mission in 2011 and being placed in hibernation, it was reactivated in 2013 and repurposed specifically to detect NEOs under the name NEOWISE. This mission extension has proven crucial in enhancing our understanding of the sizes, compositions, and orbits of objects that could potentially pose a threat to Earth. NEOWISE has contributed significantly to the cataloging of thousands of new celestial objects and continues to play a vital role in planetary defense and asteroid studies.
Observers in the Northern Hemisphere are hoping to catch a glimpse of Comet NEOWISE as…
Data from NASA’s NEOWISE mission, managed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fuels the search…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe was at the right place at the right time to capture…
Catch the comet in the morning sky until July 11, after which you can find…
A comet has suddenly become visible to the unaided eye. Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was…
Nearly all asteroids are so far away and so small that the astronomical community only…
NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its fourth year of…
Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on September 1, 2017,…
NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its third year of…
NASA’s NEOWISE mission has discovered some celestial objects traveling through our neighborhood, including one on…
Using data from the NEOWISE Space Telescope, astronomers have gained new insights into the dust…
NASA reviews the past 12 months of NEOWISE discoveries with a short video that shows…
NASA’s NEOWISE spacecraft has spotted its first comet. Officially named “C/2014 C3 (NEOWISE),” the comet…