One of the reasons NEOWISE is so valuable is that it sees the sky in the thermal infrared. That means that instead of seeing the sunlight that asteroids reflect, NEOWISE sees the heat that they emit. This is a vital… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
There are all these interesting rules about asteroid nomenclature. Once you discover it, you have the right to name it, but there's a catch. — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
NEOWISE needed a cryogen coolant to keep its sensors cool, and that ran out. — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
We've actually named asteroids for other famous women in history, like Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth. But it's really this Malala one… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
An asteroid impact in the worst case scenario is a terrifying thing. It seems very uncontrollable: in popular culture, it's often a metaphor for… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
Back in the day, I've heard, particularly with the near-Earth asteroids, there were some asteroid hunters that knew the names of every one. — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
Certainly what happened to the dinosaurs was not good - that was a terrible day for the dinosaurs, very sad. But I have to… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
The best thing to do is to study these asteroids so we know the range of parameters we would have to deal with and… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
Changing the asteroid's velocity changes the time when the asteroid crosses Earth's orbit. After all, just because it crosses Earth's path doesn't mean there… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
One of the reasons NEOWISE is so valuable is that it sees the sky in the thermal infrared. That means that instead of seeing… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
I think the public perception about asteroids is that they're kind of metaphors for acts of God, the fact that we have no control… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
There are physical bodies, physical worlds that astronauts could visit, that we haven't found yet. Especially, there's these close approaches of asteroids. They pass… — Carrie Nugent Copy Share Image
