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NASA 's WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ) ran out of coolant in 2011 and hibernation in 2011 .
In 2013 , after nearly three years of hibernation, NASA woke WISE back up.
During its decade-plus run, NEOWISE captured nearly 27 million infrared images.
In addition to near- Earth asteroids, it found tens of thousands of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter .
Infrared light, which has longer wavelengths than visible light, is invisible to our eyes.
Many objects in the cosmos shine brightly in infrared light but remain faint and hard to see in visible light.
Infrared surveys of the sky allow us to cast a wide net and catch these cosmic wonders.
In total, the mission found more than half of the known 582 brown dwarfs in our solar neighborhood.
WISE and NEOWISE catalogs are being used by astronomers around the world to study everything from comets and asteroids to distant clusters of galaxies.
The mission's observations showed that such objects constitute a sizeable part of the overall NEO population.
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Ecosystem resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to resist, recover from, or adapt to disturbances while maintaining its essential structure, function, and ability to provide ecosystem services.
The term mobile link’ typically refers to an organism that moves between different habitats or ecosystems, connecting them and facilitating the exchange of energy, nutrients, or other ecological processes.
Ecosystem engineers are organisms that create, maintain, and modify habitats by significantly altering the chemical and physical composition of substrates.
One example of ecosystem engineers is herbivorous reef fishes, which feed on plants and algae.
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Researchers at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus , Stanford University , and the Broad Institute are developing user-friendly tools to help scientists translate this cellular communication and uncover new details about how cells exchange information.
The new research not only gives scientists novel insights into cellular communication, but also showcases the potential of proteomics to read the basic language units of the cell.
DOI: 10.1016 /j.cell.2024.06.022 Namrata D. Udeshi et al, Cell-surface Milieu Remodeling in Human Dendritic Cell Activation , The Journal of Immunology ( 2024 ). DOI: 10.4049 /jimmunol.2400089 Provided by Howard Hughes Medical InstituteThis story was originally published on Phys.org . Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates..
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Some states have streamlined the reclamation process, supporting local groups limited by a lack of manpower.
EPA estimates up to 200,000 acres of formerly mined land need to be reforested in Pennsylvania .
The Department of the Interior has three programs states can use: abandoned mine land fund, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and AMLER fund.
Federal delays hamper states like Pennsylvania , but cleanup could pay dividends if officials make cleanup and development a priority.
States can set their own standards for what they want in an AMLER project.
A number of mine reclamation funds give money to small communities, but they don't always have grant writers on staff or full-time people.
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The fate of Boeing ’s Starliner spacecraft hangs in the balance.
The spacecraft successfully delivered NASA astronauts to the International Space Station in June .
A small asteroid created a flash as it burned up over the Philippines near Luzon Island this week .
Researchers were able to watch a mouse's organs function after making its skin temporarily transparent using a common substance: food.
Researchers have engineered robots that are controlled by king oyster mushrooms in a feat that blends living organisms and machines.
New photos taken at the site of the Titanic show how much the 1912 shipwreck has decayed in recent years .
An amateur archaeologist unearthed an ancient, intricate kite-shaped ring buried in northeast Scotland for more than 1,000 years .
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Intuitive Machines will launch a lunar lander to the moon's south pole in 2027 .
NASA will pay $117 million for it to carry six science payloads.
The company managed the first lunar landing by a commercial entity (partly successfully) earlier this year .
It is part of NASA ’s broader effort to embrace the private space industry by becoming a customer of space companies.
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70 percent of 22,000 people polled say human activities are pushing Earth past 'tipping points' People living in emerging economies perceived themselves to be more exposed to environmental and climate shocks.
Americans largely believe they do not bear responsibility for global environmental problems.
Only 15 percent of US respondents said that high- and middle-income Americans share responsibility.
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New study shows enhanced cognitive abilities can be associated with longer lifespan in wild chickadees.
Study published Sept. 5 in the high impact journal Science .
Spatial learning and memory abilities (when it came to understanding their surroundings and food storing or caching strategies) live longer.
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Firefighters set to battle flames for several days in northern Harz district.
The flames are burning along a length of 1,000 metres at Königsberg , a sub peak of the Brocken mountain.
Firefighters in planes fought the flames until nightfall, according to district officials.
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Salsa will burn up over the Pacific Ocean on Sunday during a "targeted" re-entry into the atmosphere.
The European Space Agency says it will not be controlled as it re-enters the atmosphere at a specific time and place.
The 550-kilogram ( 1,200-pound ) satellite has helped shed light on the magnetosphere, the powerful magnetic shield that protects Earth from solar winds.
The chance of a piece of space debris injuring someone on the ground is less than one in a hundred billion , the ESA says.