{"id":12383,"date":"2024-11-04T18:02:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T22:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-neowise-spacecraft-re-enters-atmosphere-but-more-discoveries-await\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T18:02:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T22:02:43","slug":"nasas-neowise-spacecraft-re-enters-atmosphere-but-more-discoveries-await","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-neowise-spacecraft-re-enters-atmosphere-but-more-discoveries-await\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Atmosphere, But More Discoveries Await!"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Atmosphere, But More Discoveries Await!<\/h2>\n

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Citizen science projects enabled by data from the WISE and NEOWISE missions have given hundreds of thousands around the world the opportunity to make new discoveries. The projects can be done by anyone with a laptop and internet access and are available in fifteen languages. No U.S. citizenship required.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NASA\u2019s NEOWISE<\/a> (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft re-entered and burned up in Earth\u2019s atmosphere on Friday night, as expected. Launched in 2009 as the WISE mission, the spacecraft has been mapping the entire sky at infrared wavelengths over and over for nearly fifteen years. During that time, more than one hundred thousand amateur scientists have used these data in citizen science projects like the Milky Way Project,<\/a> Disk Detective,<\/a> Backyard Worlds: Planet 9,<\/a> Backyard Worlds: Cool Neighbors<\/a>, and Exoasteroids.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

This citizen science work has led to more than 55 scientific publications. Highlights include:<\/p>\n