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NASA asteroid detector looks up to scan entire sky every 24 hours

The new upgrade enables the system to scan the entire night sky in 24 hours.

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NASA asteroid detector looks up to scan entire sky every 24 hours

NASA asteroid detector 'looks up' to scan entire sky every 24 hours

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Do Look Up: NASA s Asteroid Tracker Now Searches the Entire Sky Every 24 Hours

ATLAS has already spotted more than 66 comets and 700 near-Earth asteroids (two of which actually hit Earth's atmosphere!).

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NASA s asteroid detection system ATLAS can now search entire dark sky every 24 hours

With the addition of two new observatories in South Africa and Chile, the ATLAS system has expanded its reach to the southern hemisphere from the two existing northern-hemisphere telescopes on Haleakalā and Maunaloa in Hawai'i. Each of ATLAS' four telescopes is capable to image a swath of sky 100 times larger than the full moon in a single exposure.

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NASA s Asteroid Detector Was Upgraded to Scan the Entire Sky Every Day

NASA’s ATLAS, a planetary defence system that scans the sky for near-Earth objects, has been upgraded to search the entire night sky half of it

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