Project News

NASA Telescope Takes 12-Year Time-Lapse Movie of Entire Sky

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • October 18th, 2022

Pictures of the sky can show us cosmic wonders; movies can bring them to life. Movies from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope are revealing motion and change across the sky.

NEOWISE Completes 17 Coverages of the Full Sky

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • June 30th, 2022

As of mid-June 2022, NEOWISE has completed 17 coverages of the full sky since the start of the Reactivation mission and is beginning the 18th. Approximately 1.3 million infrared...

Planetary Defense Exercise Uses Apophis as Hazardous Asteroid Stand-In

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • May 31st, 2022

Over 100 participants from 18 countries – including NASA scientists and the agency's NEOWISE mission – took part in the international exercise.

NEOWISE 2022 Data Release Available March 23, 2022

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • March 23rd, 2022

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2022 Data Release.

An Accidental Discovery Hints at a Hidden Population of Cosmic Objects

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • August 31st, 2021

A new study offers a tantalizing explanation for how a peculiar cosmic object called WISEA J153429.75-104303.3 – nicknamed “The Accident” – came to be.

Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope Gets Two-Year Mission Extension

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • June 30th, 2021

For two more years, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) will continue its hunt for asteroids and comets – including objects that could pose a...

Astronomers Release New All-Sky Map of Milky Way's Outer Reaches

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • April 21st, 2021

The highlight of the new chart is a wake of stars, stirred up by a small galaxy set to collide with the Milky Way. The map could also offer a new test of dark matter theories.

NEOWISE 2021 Data Release Available March 24, 2021

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • March 24th, 2021

The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) and IPAC at the California Institute of Technology announce the NEOWISE 2021 Data Release.

'Echo Mapping' in Faraway Galaxies Could Measure Vast Cosmic Distances

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • October 1st, 2020

Matter swirling around supermassive black holes creates bursts of light that "echo" in nearby dust clouds. These traveling signals could serve as a new cosmic yardstick.

Two Bizarre Brown Dwarfs Found With Citizen Scientists' Help

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • July 10th, 2020

Data from NASA's NEOWISE mission, managed by the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fuels the search for these not-quite-planets-but-not-quite-stars. With the help of citizen...