The evolution of brown dwarfs and black holes are captured in a time-lapse by NASA.
The data collected by the Near-Earth Object Wide FieldInfrared Survey Explorer was used by NASA. Near-Earth objects like asteroids and comets are monitored by it.
Every six months, the spaceship completes its journey around the Sun and takes pictures for a map. 18 all-sky maps have been combined by NASA to create the ultimate map of the sky.
If you look at the night sky outside, it might seem like nothing has changed, but that's not the case according to Amy Mainzer, principal investigator for NEOWISE.
She said that stars are blowing up. The asteroids are moving fast. There are black holes. There is a lot of activity in the universe.
Most of the events go under the radar. In order to capture the light that those bodies emit, NEOWISE used the same technology as WISE.
NASA said in the release that the results are amazing for us to look at, and that it's also an important tool for astronomy.
Recent studies of the universe have relied on NEOWISE and its predecessors. In 2012 it found millions of black holes in distant galaxies.
Brown dwarfs, which are essentially stunted stars that never gained enough mass for nuclear fusion, were also surveyed in 2020.
"I don't think we could have anticipated the science we'd be able to do with this much data," said the scientist in the release.
We can't wait to see what else the spaceship has in store, it's obvious that it's more than capable of producing some amazing images.
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