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 ...

NEOWISE also provided detailed size estimates for more than 1,800 near-Earth objects. Despite the mission’s contributions to science and planetary defense, it was decommissioned in August 2024.

NEOWISE's legacy As of February , NEOWISE had taken more than 1.5 million infrared measurements of about 44,000 different objects in the solar system. These included about 1,600 discoveries of ...

NASA's NEOWISE telescope has been decommissioned and will be dragged down to Earth later this year.

Within six days of working under its shiny new mission, NEOWISE spotted 2013 YP139, a 400-meter (1,300-foot) potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) on a highly eccentric orbit.

NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft turned off its transmitter for good on Aug. 8, wrapping up its prolific asteroid-hunting career.

NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft is about to return to Earth in a blaze of glory after 15 years of service. The NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission has been using a ...

The mission was reactivated as NEOWISE, and since then has taken images of the sky, including 1.45 million measurements of more than 44,000 solar system objects.

NEOWISE, a spacecraft that studied faraway cosmic objects before shifting its focus closer to home, has reached the end of its life. But its legacy lives on.

NASA’s NEOWISE, or Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, will be rendered unusable in early 2025 due to increased solar activity, the space agency announced.The telescope’s ...

This ground-based image of comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was taken from the northern hemisphere on July 18, 2020. The inset image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on Aug. 8, 2020, reveals a close ...

Neowise is headed back beyond the outer solar system and won’t be back in these parts for another 6,800 years. hide. by Neel V. Patel. Share. Share story on linkedin. Share story on facebook.