NASA’s NEOWISE Celebrates 10 Years, Plans End of Mission - NASA
The asteroid and comet-hunting infrared space telescope has gathered an impressive haul of observations, but it’s now at the mercy of the Sun, which is accelerating its demise. NASA’s NEOWISE has h...
- comets
- jet propulsion laboratory
- near-earth asteroid (nea)
- neo surveyor (near-earth object surveyor space telescope)
- neowise
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The asteroid and comet-hunting infrared space telescope has gathered an impressive haul of observations, but it’s now at the mercy of the Sun, which is accelerating its demise. NASA’s NEOWISE has had a busy decade. Since its reactivated mission began on Dec. 13, 2013, the space telescope has discovered a once-in-a-lifetime comet, observed more than […]