15 July 2020
Comet Neowise puts on a spectacular show
...stunning views of Comet C/2020 F3, also known as comet Neowise, as it streaks past Earth this month. Discovered on...be at its brightest. If you have some burning questions about Neowise, NASA is hosting a teleconference whereby the public and media can...
30 December 2016
NEOWISE spots two new objects heading our way
... asteroids since its first inauguration. If 2016 WF9 turns out to be a comet, it would be the 10th discovered since NEOWISE was brought out of hibernation in December 2013. Conversely, if 2016 WF9 turns out to be an asteroid, it will be the 100th...
25 April 2016
Near-Earth asteroid population smaller than thought
... combined observations of nine of the leading asteroid surveys over the past two decades, including projects such as NEOWISE, have stated that the NEAs population is significantly smaller than previous estimates. Phew. However, before the...
December 2014
Finding NEO
... Sky Survey and Pan-STARRS, as well as space-based NEOWISE, have already come close to identifying 90 per cent of ...detect NEOs using infrared cameras. The existing space-based mission, NEOWISE, is expected to continue until 2017, by which time ...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
...mission is necessary in order to reliably obtain many of these characteristics in the timely manner required by Congress. Currently, NASA’s NEOWISE mission (repurposed after the WISE astrophysics mission ended) is the only infrared NEO survey mission...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... heat signatures stand out against the cold of outer space. These telescopes include the (now defunct) NEOWISE, the Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST) and other projects such as NASA’s NEOCAM and the...
