Monday, August 26, 2013

Pocket : NASA brings WISE probe out of retirement to hunt asteroids

Pocket : NASA brings WISE probe out of retirement to hunt asteroids: "NASA will be putting another eye on potentially dangerous asteroids in September when it reactivates the retired Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The space telescope, which was deactivated in 2011, will use its infrared instruments to carry out a survey of near-Earth asteroids that may pose a threat to our planet."

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