Asteroid-hunting NEOWISE telescope sends first amazing imagesAlaska DispatchNEOWISE, a repurposed infrared telescope orbiting Earth, has returned its first test images in preparation for its new task: hunting for and characterizing asteroids – especially those that could represent a hazard to…
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NASA's WISE Asteroid Hunter Is Back in Business – Slate Magazine (blog)
RedOrbit NASA’s WISE Asteroid Hunter Is Back in BusinessSlate Magazine (blog)Asteroids like Holda are not the main targets of NEOWISE, however. As its name suggests, it will be looking for smaller rocks that get near our own lovely blue-green world,…
NASA's asteroid hunter spacecraft sends first pics after reactivation – Zee News
NASA’s asteroid hunter spacecraft sends first pics after reactivationZee NewsWashington: NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), a probe that made the most comprehensive survey to date of asteroids and comets, has sent its first set of test photos…
Asteroids' threat to Earth – Tempo
Asteroids‘ threat to EarthTempoAsteroids are rocky-metallic objects which range in size from about the size of pebbles to around 1,000 km across. Although they orbit the Sun, they are too small to be considered planets. When asteroids enter Earth’s atmosphere,…
Reactivated NASA asteroid-hunting probe takes first photos in 2.5 years – NBCNews.com
Reactivated NASA asteroid-hunting probe takes first photos in 2.5 yearsNBCNews.comThis image of a patch of sky in the constellation Pisces is among the first taken by the revived spacecraft’s infrared cameras, and shows the ultimate target: asteroids. Appearing as a…
NASA's Asteroid Hunter Spacecraft Returns First Images after Reactivation – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA’s Asteroid Hunter Spacecraft Returns First Images after ReactivationJet Propulsion LaboratoryNASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), a spacecraft that made the most comprehensive survey to date of asteroids and comets, has returned its first set…
NASA's Dawn spacecraft captures colorful pictures of asteroids – UPI.com (blog)
UPI.com (blog) NASA’s Dawn spacecraft captures colorful pictures of asteroidsUPI.com (blog)NASA’s Dawn spacecraft captures colorful pictures of asteroids. Initial images captured by the spacecraft were dull and gray, but after being processed and colorized they revealed a bright and vividly…
Asteroids Look Sensational in Infrared – Gizmodo
New Scientist Asteroids Look Sensational in InfraredGizmodoIt’s easy to assume that, close-up, asteroid must be quite boring—they’re just big lumps of rock, after all. But look at them in infrared, and the things comes alive. Some minerals in the rocks,…
GMO Registry Signs ICANN Registry Agreement for New Geographic Top Level … – PR Web (press release)
GMO Registry Signs ICANN Registry Agreement for New Geographic Top Level …PR Web (press release)GMO Internet Group company, GMO Registry, today announces it has signed a contract with the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to operate new…
Infrared reveals stunning colours of asteroid's crust – New Scientist
New Scientist Infrared reveals stunning colours of asteroid’s crustNew ScientistThink asteroids are just a bunch of boring, grey space rocks? Get yourself a pair of infrared specs and think again. The warm reds and deep blues of this false-colour image…