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NEOWISE Spies Its First Comet

February 28th, 2014

NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft has spotted its first new comet since coming out of hibernation late last year.

NASA Preparing for 2014 Comet Watch at Mars

January 28th, 2014

A close flyby of Mars in 2014 by comet Siding Spring could deliver opportunities for learning, but also possible hazards for orbiting spacecraft. NASA is preparing for both.

NEOWISE Celebrates First Month of Operations After Reactivation

January 23rd, 2014

In its first 25 days of operations, the newly reactivated NEOWISE mission has detected 857 minor bodies in our solar system, including 22 near-Earth objects (NEOs) and four comets.

Recently Reactivated NASA Spacecraft Spots Its First New Asteroid

January 7th, 2014

A NASA spacecraft revived from hibernation last year has made the first asteroid discovery of its new mission.

NASA's Asteroid Hunter Spacecraft Returns First Images after Reactivation

December 19th, 2013

NASA's NEOWISE asteroid hunter, which made the most comprehensive asteroid and comet survey to date, has returned its first test images in preparation for a renewed mission.

NASA Spacecraft Reactivated to Hunt for Asteroids

August 21st, 2013

The Near-Earth Object WISE (NEOWISE) mission is expected to re-start in early September to perform three more years of asteroid science.

NASA's WISE Finds Mysterious Centaurs May Be Comets

July 25th, 2013

The true identity of centaurs, the small celestial bodies orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Neptune, is one of the enduring mysteries of astrophysics.

NASA's WISE Colors in Unknowns on Jupiter Asteroids

October 15th, 2012

Observations from NASA's WISE all-sky survey reveal new clues about Jovian Trojans, mysterious asteroids that orbit in front of and behind Jupiter in its path around the sun.

NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

May 16th, 2012

Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids.

NASA Space Telescope Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth

September 29th, 2011

New observations by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, show there are significantly fewer near-Earth asteroids in the mid-size range than previously thought.