NEOWISE

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

Overview: The NEOWISE project is the asteroid-hunting portion of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission. Funded by NASA's Planetary Science Division, NEOWISE harvests measurements of asteroids and comets from the WISE images and provides a rich archive for searching WISE data for solar system objects. During its primary mission which ended in 2011, NEOWISE delivered large and rich infrared datasets of minor planets, including more than 34,000 new discoveries. NEOWISE data have also enabled the discovery of the first known Earth Trojan asteroid. NEOWISE observations resumed in December 2013 and continue to date.

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Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Homepage

IPAC is responsible for ingestion and processing of raw data, production of final data products, and archiving mission science and engineering data. IPAC is also responsible for the distribution of WISE data to the community through NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA). The IPAC Communications & Education team also supports public affairs and public outreach by preparing mission images for public release into the image gallery.

Mission News

NEOWISE 2024 Data Release

Project News • March 21st, 2024

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

Caught in the Act: Astronomers Detect a Star Devouring a Planet

Project News • May 3rd, 2023

A new study published online Wednesday, May 3, in the journal Nature documents the first observation of an aging star...

NEOWISE 2023 Data Release

Project News • March 22nd, 2023

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

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

Project News • October 18th, 2022

Pictures of the sky can show us cosmic wonders; movies can bring them to life. Movies from NASA’s NEOWISE space...

NEOWISE Completes 17 Coverages of the Full Sky

Project News • June 30th, 2022

As of mid-June 2022, NEOWISE has completed 17 coverages of the full sky since the start of the Reactivation mission...

Planetary Defense Exercise Uses Apophis as Hazardous Asteroid Stand-In

Project News • May 31st, 2022

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

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