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...
May 2026
Focusing the world on planetary defence
... space becomes unusable, our capacity to track and mitigate asteroid threats will be dangerously compromised. Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE appears as a trio of fuzzy red dots in this composite of several infrared images captured by the asteroid and comet...
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...
