​NEOWISE

  • On 8th August, 2024, NASA shut down NEOWISE asteroid hunter after almost 15 years in space.
  • NEOWISE, originally launched as WISE in 2009, was a NASA space telescope designed to study faraway objects in the universe by detecting infrared light.
  • It was later repurposed to detect near-Earth objects, such as asteroids and comets, after its first mission ended.
  • Over its extended mission, NEOWISE cataloged more than 44,000 objects in the solar system.
  • The spacecraft is expected to burn up in Earth's atmosphere by the end of 2024, marking the end of its physical journey in ....
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