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NASA shuts down NEOWISE asteroid hunter after almost 15 years in space

A prolific NASA asteroid-hunting mission has come to an end. Engineers sent a final command to the agency's NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft on Thursday (Aug.
Yahoo

NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade, has come to an end

The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the atmosphere after ...
ExtremeTech

NASA Bids NEOWISE Farewell With Decommissioning Command

The spacecraft has helped astronomers discover new galaxies, millions of black hole candidates, and thousands of near-Earth objects in its lifetime. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on ...
Astronomy

A look back at NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade

The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on re-entering the atmosphere after ...
Digital Trends

NASA says goodbye to our planetary protector, the asteroid-spotting NEOWISE mission

This artist’s concept depicts the NEOWISE spacecraft in orbit around Earth. Launched in 2009 to survey the entire sky in infrared, the spacecraft took on a more specialized role in 2014 when it was ...
Labroots

NASA's NEOWISE Mission Nears its Final Act as Solar Activity Peaks

In humanity’s attempt to identify asteroid threats to Earth, NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) space telescope has been tirelessly working to identify near-Earth ...
Space.com

After 14 years in space, NASA's prolific NEOWISE asteroid-hunter is about to shut down

The asteroid-hunting telescope is slowly descending toward Earth as solar activity ramps up. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...
Astronomy

NASA bids farewell to NEOWISE mission

After 10 years and nearly 27 million images, NASA said goodbye to the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission last week when its transmitter was turned off. The ...

A student discovers 1.5 million stars, gets a knock at his door from the head of NASA with a job offer

Matteo Paz, a high school student, identified 1.5 million previously unrecognized celestial objects using artificial ...
IFLScience

NASA's Planetary Defense Telescope NEOWISE Burns Up In Atmosphere

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
The Conversation

NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade, has come to an end

Toshi Hirabayashi is a part of several planetary mission teams with NASA, ESA and JAXA through the Georgia Institute of Technology. Yaeji Kim does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...