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NASA's 15-year-old NEOWISE asteroid hunter meets fiery doom by burning up in Earth's atmosphere

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NEOWISE was originally launched as WISE (the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ) in December 2009 .

WISE 's job was to scrutinize the universe in infrared (or thermal) wavelengths.

With funding came a " second act," as NASA termed it, the mission began looking for asteroids closer to Earth .

A successor asteroid hunter may also launch soon.

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