Giants will try to snap a 7-game losing streak when they host the SaintsPaschal Donohoe has said that no one could have done a better job as Justice Minister than Helen McEntee. On Friday, at an event outlining Fine Gael's plans to make Dublin City safer, Mr Donohoe said he has been proud to work alongside the outgoing Minister. "I believe she has done a sterling job and is an exemplary colleague and politician," he said. "I couldn't be stronger in making the case for her." Mr Donohoe defended Ms McEntee's record in her role, pointing to the €2bn budget designed to support An Garda Síochána, legal changes made to ensure that crimes against the person are dealt with "in a way that we believe is appropriate", and the rolling out of body cams. "I could make the case to you about further local changes that have happened. The fact that we have reopened Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station and the fact that there is now a Garda office on O'Connell Street," Mr Donohoe said. "But I do acknowledge that for too many at the moment, they want to feel safer when they come into Dublin. They feel that there is an air of edginess that has developed, that I have to recognise and we have to act on." He declined to speculate on who might or should take on the justice portfolio following the election, saying the difficulties the city faces are complex, but said he believes if a Fine Gael government is elected, it can make progress on the issue of safety. Responding to criticism of the Dublin Taskforce by Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon about the level of funding allocated to the city in Budget 2025, Mr Donohoe said the taskforce report was completed after the budget. He clarified that there is money in Dublin City Council's budget available to implement any recommendations put forth by the recent taskforce. "It is up to us to now ensure that the very best of it is brought to the fore so that everyone feels safe to enjoy it," Mr Donohoe said. "We will do this by implementing, in full, the taskforce recommendations, with a focus on revitalising O'Connell Street; delivering more visible policing and security; and transforming derelict sites, converting them to high-density residential units to ensure the re-population of our city streets." Mr Donohoe also addressed a dinner that he attended where Ryanair CEO was also in attendance, saying that no government business was discussed at the event. "If any issue in relation to government business, regulation, or policy had been dealt with, that would have been recorded and would have been dealt with in the same way that every other engagement that I do is dealt with," he said. Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty said that Mr Donohoe has failed to shed light on details about the dinner and should come out and "allay suspicions". "Fine Gael says that the meeting was attended by another unnamed person. Who was that person? "We have already witnessed Mr O'Leary launch the campaign of a Fine Gael election candidate in which he made disparaging remarks about our teachers and was cheered to the rafters by Fine Gael members in attendance," Mr Doherty said. "It would be instructive for the public to know just how much influence Michael O'Leary has with Fine Gael and, by extension, over decisions made by that party in government."
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After a rocky 2-8 start to the season, the Milwaukee Bucks have begun to find their footing, winning six of their past seven games and climbing back into the No. 6 spot in the Eastern Conference. With the season still young, their recent surge is a welcome sign that they might not be as far off as their early struggles suggested. Giannis Antetokounmpo has been nothing short of spectacular during this stretch. Averaging a career-high 32.4 points per game while shooting a blistering 61% from the field, he’s playing like an MVP candidate once again. His ability to dominate in the paint and his improved shot-making have been crucial for the Bucks as they start to get back on track . But it’s not just Giannis carrying the load — Milwaukee’s defense has also stepped up. Since the start of November, they rank in the top 10 in defensive efficiency, a major improvement after a rocky defensive start to the season. Still, context is important. The Bucks’ win streak has come during a relatively soft stretch of their schedule, with some weaker opponents giving them a chance to build momentum. Now, the real test begins. The true measure of whether this team is truly back to form will come in the coming weeks, as they face tougher competition. Can they maintain their defensive intensity and continue to get the most out of Giannis? If they can, then the Bucks may very well be back on the path to playoff contention, and potentially even deeper aspirations. For now, Milwaukee is cautiously optimistic, but the road ahead will reveal if they’re truly out of the woods. More Bucks | All coverage from Hoops Wire This article first appeared on Hoops Wire and was syndicated with permission.
Syrian government forces withdraw from central city of Homs as insurgent offensive accelerates BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian opposition war monitor and a pro-government media outlet say government forces have withdrawn from much of the central city of Homs. The pro-government Sham FM reported that government forces took positions outside Syria’s third-largest city, without elaborating. Rami Abdurrahman who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said Syrian troops and members of different security agencies have withdrawn from the city, adding that rebels have entered parts of it. Losing Homs is a potentially crippling blow for Syria’s embattled leader, Bashar Assad. An archbishop's knock formally restores Notre Dame to life as winds howl and heads of state look on PARIS (AP) — France’s iconic Notre Dame Cathedral has formally reopened its doors for the first time since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the 861-year-old landmark in 2019. The five-year restoration is widely seen as a boost for French President Emmanuel Macron, who championed the ambitious timeline, and brings a welcome respite from his domestic political woes. World leaders, dignitaries, and worshippers gathered on Saturday evening for the celebrations under the cathedral's soaring arches. The celebration was attended by 1,500 dignitaries, including President-elect Donald Trump, Britain’s Prince William, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. For Catholics, Notre Dame’s rector said the cathedral “carries the enveloping presence of the Virgin Mary, a maternal and embracing presence.′′ Trump is welcomed by Macron to Paris with presidential pomp and joined by Zelenskyy for their talks PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed Donald Trump to Paris with a full dose of presidential pomp. And they held a hastically-arranged meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a day that's mixing pageantry with attention to pressing global problems. The president-elect's visit to France is part of a global a celebration of the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral five years after a devastating fire. Macron and other European leaders are trying to win Trump’s favor and persuade him to maintain support for Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion. Trump isn't back in office but he's already pushing his agenda and negotiating with world leaders NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is making threats, traveling abroad, and negotiating with world leaders. He has more than a month-and-a-half to go before he’s sworn in for a second term. But the president-elect is already moving aggressively to not only fill his Cabinet and outline policy goals, but also to try to achieve his priorities. In recent days, Trump has threatened to impose a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, two of the country’s largest trading partners. That led to emergency calls and a visit. And he's warned of “ALL HELL TO PAY” if Hamas doesn't release the hostages still being held captive in Gaza. South Korea's president avoids an impeachment attempt over short-lived martial law SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol has avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law. Most of Yoon's ruling party lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend his presidential powers. The scrapping of the motion is expected to intensify protests calling for Yoon’s ouster and deepen political chaos in South Korea. A survey suggests a majority of South Koreans support the president’s impeachment. Yoon’s martial law declaration drew criticism from his own ruling conservative People Power Party. But the party also apparently fears losing the presidency to liberals. Days after gunman killed UnitedHealthcare's CEO, police push to ID him and FBI offers reward NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly four days after the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, police still do not know the gunman’s name or whereabouts or have a motive for the killing. But they have made some progress in their investigation into Wednesday's killing of the leader of the largest U.S. health insurer, including that the gunman likely left New York City on a bus soon after fleeing the scene. The also found that the gunman left something behind: a backpack that was discovered in Central Park. Police are working with the FBI, which on Friday night announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. UnitedHealthcare CEO's shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare's CEO has opened the door for many people to vent their frustrations and anger over the insurance industry. The feelings of exasperation, anger, resentment, and helplessness toward insurers aren’t new. But the shooting and the headlines around it have unleashed a new wave of patients sharing such sentiments and personal stories of interactions with insurance companies. Conversations at dinner tables, office water coolers, social gatherings and on social media have pivoted to the topic. Many say they hope the new amplified voices can bring about change for companies often accused of valuing profits over people. 2 Pearl Harbor survivors, ages 104 and 102, return to Hawaii to honor those killed in 1941 attack PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The bombing of Pearl Harbor 83 years ago launched the United States into World War II. Two survivors returned to the Hawaii military base on Saturday for a remembrance ceremony on the attack's anniversary. Both are over 100 years old. They joined active-duty troops, veterans and members of the public for an observance hosted by the Navy and the National Park Service. A third survivor was planning to join them but had to cancel due to health issues. The bombing killed more than 2,300 U.S. servicemen. An explosion destroys an apartment block in a Dutch city, killing at least 3 and injuring others THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An explosion and fire has rocked a neighborhood in the Dutch city of The Hague, killing three people and injuring other people and destroying several apartments. The cause of the disaster is unclear. Emergency authorities said four people were rescued from the rubble and taken to the hospital. The mayor said rescuers were no longer looking for survivors but for eventual bodies, but could not specify how many people might still be unaccounted for. Residents of the northeastern neighborhood of Mariahoeve in The Hague heard a huge bang and screams before dawn. Dutch authorities have deployed a specialized urban search and rescue team to find victims. How 'Mufasa' rose with Aaron Pierre and Blue Ivy's voices along with new Lin-Manuel Miranda music SAN DIEGO (AP) — When Aaron Pierre was cast as Mufasa, the weight of following in the late James Earl Jones’ legendary footsteps was enough to rattle any actor. But instead of letting the pressure roar too loudly, he harnessed his nerves to breathe fresh life into his young lion character. Pierre found parallels between himself and his character while filming his leading role in “Mufasa: The Lion King,” which opens in theaters Dec. 20. He took the reigns as the new voice of Mufasa after Jones played the iconic King Mufasa in both the 1994 and 2019 versions of Disney’s “The Lion King.” The prequel offers a fresh exploration into Mufasa’s origin story.The reach of the China-linked Salt Typhoon gang extends beyond American telecommunications giants, and its arsenal includes several backdoors, including a brand-new malware dubbed GhostSpider, according to Trend Micro researchers. While the crew has made headlines recently for hacking " thousands and thousands " of devices at US telcos, research published on Monday by Trend Micro's threat intel team suggests Salt Typhoon (which Trend tracks as “Earth Estries”) has also hit more than 20 organizations globally since 2023. These span various sectors, including technology, consulting, chemical and transportation industries, government agencies, and non-profit organizations (NGOs) in the US, the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East, and South Africa. Affected countries include: Afghanistan, Brazil, Eswatini, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, the US, and Vietnam. It's "one of the most aggressive Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups," Trend Micro's Leon Chang, Theo Chen, Lenart Bermejo, and Ted Lee wrote . Earth Estries (aka Salt Typhoon, FamousSparrow, GhostEmperor, and UNC2286) has conducted "prolonged attacks" against governments and internet service providers since 2020, according to Trend's researchers. Then, in mid-2022, the crew began targeting government service providers and telecom firms. "We found that in 2023, the attackers had also targeted consulting firms and NGOs that work with the US federal government and military," the threat intel team wrote. These intrusions not only compromised telcos' database and cloud servers, but they also attacked the firms' suppliers, in at least one instance implanting the Demodex rootkit on machines used by a major contractor to a dominant regional telecommunications provider. Trend Micro’s analysts think that shows Salt Typhoon wanted to gain access to more targets. Chang, Chen, Bermejo, and Lee added that they don't have enough evidence to definitively link Earth Estries to the most recent attacks against Verizon, AT&T, Lumen and other US telcos . This is because Trend Micro's team hasn't had access to "a more detailed report on Salt Typhoon." However, they can confirm that the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) are similar to those observed in attacks thought to be perpetrated by the Beijing-linked crew. "Until we see a more detailed report coming out of Microsoft about what all the TTPs were used in the Salt Typhoon attacks against US telcos, we don't really have the capability to tie them directly together," Trend Micro's VP of Threat Intelligence Jon Clay told The Register . The crew typically exploits public-facing server vulnerabilities for initial access. These include: CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887 in Ivanti Connect Secure. These can be chained to bypass authentication, craft malicious requests, and execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. CVE-2023-48788 , a Fortinet FortiClient EMS SQL injection bug that allows an attacker to execute unauthorized code via specially crafted packets. CVE-2022-3236 , a code injection vulnerability in Sophos Firewall which allows for remote code execution (RCE). CVE-2021-26855 (aka ProxyLogon ), CVE-2021-26857 , CVE-2021-26858 , and CVE-2021-27065 . These Microsoft Exchange server flaws can be chained to allow for RCE. Then, the crew uses so-called "living-off-the-land" techniques — legitimate software tools and credentials, which allow the network intruders to snoop around without being detected. In the case of Earth Estries/Salt Typhoon: these include WMIC.exe, a command-line utility that allows users to access Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and PsExec, another legitimate Windows tool that lets users execute processes on other systems without installing client software. The attackers abuse these to move laterally through the networks, dropping malware and conducting long-term espionage. Some of the malware spotted in these campaigns includes SnappyBee (aka Deed RAT) , a modular backdoor shared among Chinese-government-linked groups. Salt Typhoon also uses the Demodex rootkit to remain hidden, and GhostSpider, a previously undisclosed backdoor that can load different modules based on the attackers' specific purposes. "Currently, we do not have sufficient evidence to attribute the Demodex rootkit and GhostSpider as a proprietary backdoor used by Earth Estries," the Trend Micro team wrote. ®Manchester United criticised over ‘offensive’ price increase for match tickets
Three talking points from Liverpool's first win against Real Madrid in 15 yearsFormer CIA Chief of Station Dan Hoffman joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss Putin lowering Russia's nuclear threshold. A U.S. official on Thursday confirmed to Fox News Digital that Ukrainian authorities were briefed ahead of the "experimental Intermediate-range ballistic" attack that this type of weapon may be used against it in order to help them prepare. Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the attack Thursday evening local time in an address to the nation and said it was in direct response to the U.S. and U.K. jointly approving Ukraine’s use of Western-supplied long-range missiles to target Russia. It remains unclear if there were any casualties in the attack on the city of Dnipro, which was originally reported as an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), and which would have marked the first time such a weapon had been used during a time of war, sending panic across the globe. 1,000 DAYS OF WAR IN UKRAINE AS ZELENSKYY DOUBLES DOWN ON AERIAL OPTIONS WITH ATACMS, DRONES AND MISSILES Putin and U.S. sources have since confirmed the strike was not an ICBM, but the Kremlin chief also claimed that the weapon used poses a significant challenge for Western nations. "The missiles attack targets at a speed of MACH 10. That's 2.5 miles per second," Putin said according to a translation. "The world's current air defense systems and the missile defense systems developed by the Americans in Europe do not intercept such missiles." Fox News Digital could not immediately verify whether the U.S. or its NATO allies are capable of defending against this latest missile, dubbed the Oreshnik. But according to one U.S. official, Putin may be playing up his abilities in a move to intimidate the West and Ukraine. In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is test-fired in northwestern Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) "While we take all threats against Ukraine seriously, it is important to keep a few key facts in mind: Russia likely possesses only a handful of these experimental missiles," the official told Fox News Digital. "Ukraine has withstood countless attacks from Russia, including from missiles with significantly larger warheads than this weapon. "Let me be clear: Russia may be seeking to use this capability to try to intimidate Ukraine and its supporters, or generate attention in the information space, but it will not be a game-changer in this conflict," the official added. US EMBASSY IN KYIV CLOSED AS 'POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT AIR ATTACK' LOOMS Following President Biden’s position reversal this week to allow Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) against the Russian homeland, Kyiv immediately levied strikes against a military arsenal in the Russian region of Bryansk, more than 70 miles from Ukraine’s border. While Ukrainian troops are the ones to officially fire the sophisticated missiles, the weapons system still relies on U.S. satellites to hit their target – an issue Putin touched on in his unannounced speech Thursday. "We are testing the Oreshnik missile systems in combat conditions in response to NATO countries' aggressive actions against Russia. We will decide on the further deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles depending on the actions of the U.S. and its satellites," he said. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Nov. 21, 2024. (Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk region/Handout via Reuters) Putin claimed Russia will alert Ukrainian citizens of an impending attack like the strike he carried out on Thursday, though it remains unclear if he issued a warning to the Ukrainians living in Dnipro. The Kremlin chief said the "defense industry" was targeted, though images released by the Ukrainian ministry of defense showed what appeared to be civilian infrastructure was also caught in the fray. The Pentagon on Thursday confirmed that Russia informed the U.S. of the impending attack, which corresponds with information obtained by Fox News Digital, but it is unclear if Moscow clarified which Ukrainian city was the intended target. A U.S. official told Fox News Digital that the U.S. is committed to helping Ukraine bolster its air defense systems and has done so already by supplying Ukraine with hundreds of additional Patriot and Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles. Caitlin McFall is a Reporter at Fox News Digital covering Politics, U.S. and World news.
The Georgia case against Trump and others is mostly on hold pending a pretrial appeal of an order allowing prosecutor Fani Willis to remain on the case despite what defense attorneys say is a conflict of interest. Trump's attorneys on Wednesday filed a notice with the Georgia Court of Appeals saying a sitting president is “completely immune from indictment or any criminal process, state or federal.” The filing asks the appeals court to consider before he becomes president next month whether it has jurisdiction to continue to hear the case. It says the court should conclude that it and the trial court lack jurisdiction “as the continued indictment and prosecution of President Trump by the State of Georgia are unconstitutional.” Trump's lawyers ask that the appeals court dismiss his appeal for lack of jurisdiction and instruct the trial court to immediately dismiss the indictment against him. Also Wednesday, former Trump campaign lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in the case, asked the trial court judge to invalidate that plea. Chesebro was one of four people to plead guilty in the case in the months following the indictment. Representatives for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis declined to comment on Trump's and Chesebro's requests. The Georgia case, which originally included 19 defendants and dozens of charges, was the most sprawling of four criminal cases against the once-and-future president. U.S. Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith last week told judges he was withdrawing both federal cases against Trump, citing longstanding Justice Department policy that shields a president from indictment while in office. One of those cases charged him with hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate. The other accused him of scheming to overturn the 2020 presidential election he lost. Trump on Monday asked a Manhattan judge to throw out his conviction in his hush money case , saying that continuing to pursue it would present unconstitutional “disruptions to the institution of the Presidency.“ The New York case was the only one of Trump’s four criminal indictments to go to trial, resulting in a historic verdict that made him the first former president to be convicted of a crime. In the Georgia case, Trump and some of the other remaining defendants, who have pleaded not guilty, were already seeking to have Willis removed from the prosecution or to have the indictment dismissed. They cited a romantic relationship she had with Nathan Wade , a special prosecutor she appointed to lead the case. Willis and Wade have acknowledged that they had a relationship but have said it began after he was hired and ended before the indictment against Trump was filed. Trump and other defendants argued that the relationship created a conflict of interest that should disqualify Willis and her office from continuing with her prosecution of the case. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ruled in March that Willis’ actions showed a “tremendous lapse in judgment,” but he did not find a conflict of interest that would disqualify Willis. He said she could continue her prosecution as long as Wade stepped aside, which he did. The appeal of that ruling remains pending but must be decided by March. Chesebro was charged in August 2023, alongside Trump and 17 others , in the sprawling indictment accusing them of participating in a wide-ranging scheme to overturn Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. He pleaded guilty to a single conspiracy count a few months later after reaching a deal with prosecutors just before he was to go to trial. His lawyer on Wednesday asked Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to invalidate the plea after McAfee in September tossed out the charge to which he had pleaded guilty. “In Georgia, a defendant cannot plead guilty to a charge that does not constitute a crime,” defense attorney Manny Arora wrote, adding that a failure to invalidate his plea would violate Chesebro's constitutional right to due process. Prosecutors have said Chesebro was part of a plot to have a group of 16 Georgia Republicans sign a certificate falsely saying that Trump had won Georgia and declaring themselves the state’s “duly elected and qualified” electors. He pleaded guilty in October 2023 to one felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing false documents related to the the filing of that document with the federal court in Atlanta. In a September ruling, McAfee wrote that punishing someone for filing certain documents with a federal court would “enable a state to constrict the scope of materials assessed by a federal court and impair the administration of justice in that tribunal to police its own proceedings.” He concluded that the count must be quashed “as beyond the jurisdiction of this State.”
US President-elect Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky held talks in Paris yesterday, brought together by a grand ceremony to mark the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral. Macron convened the trilateral meeting ahead of an evening event he was hosting to celebrate the cathedral’s restoration five years after it was ravaged by fire. President Zelensky and European leaders have been concerned that Trump, who takes office next month, could withdraw US military aid to Ukraine at a crucial juncture in Kyiv’s battle to repel Russia. Zelensky said the meeting was “good and productive” and that the three men agreed to continue working together. “President Trump is, as always, resolute. I thank him,” Zelensky wrote on social media platform X. “We all want this war to end as soon as possible and in a just way.” Trump was on his first trip overseas since winning last month’s presidential election and the visit to Paris was seen as offering Macron an early opportunity to play the role of mediator between Europe and the incoming president, a role the French leader has relished in the past. Macron is a strong supporter of the Nato alliance and Ukraine’s fight, while Trump feels European nations need to pay more for their common defence. He has said a negotiated settlement is needed to end the Ukraine war. Arriving at the Elysee Palace, Trump told Macron they had enjoyed “really great success” working together during his first term in office. “And it certainly seems like the world is going a little crazy right now. And we’ll be talking about that,” Trump added. Trump gave Zelensky a firm handshake and patted him on the back before Macron stood between them and Trump smiled for the camera. The meeting between the three men lasted about 20 minutes. By inviting Trump to the reopening of Notre-Dame, Macron was repeating a personalised approach that had some limited success during Trump’s first term, said Heather Conley, senior adviser to the board of the German Marshall Fund, which promotes US-European ties. “Mr Macron knows Mr Trump greatly appreciates the pomp, circumstance and grandeur of state and he provides it to him in abundance,” Conley said. Trump later joined world leaders, royals and business tycoons for a ceremony that got underway with the tolling of Notre-Dame’s great bourdon bell. Trump, who will be sworn in on January 20, has already held discussions with a number of world leaders and members of his team are trying to get up to speed on a number of world crises, including Ukraine and the Middle East. Related Story Trump scores emphatic victory over Harris New reality for US as Trump crushes HarrisThe demise of NASA's NEOWISE telescope has unveiled a treasure trove of previously unseen cosmic imagery. The space telescope concluded its celestial journey on November 1, re-entering and disintegrating in Earth's atmosphere. NASA reguarly uses its telescopes to track anything flying in the sky or space, like UFOs or new star systems, capturing their beauty in detail only possible by their technology. Space scientists capture startling new image of Sombrero galaxy NASA discovers hidden military base deep within Greenland ice sheet The team at IPAC, a science center affiliated with Caltech Research University in Pasadena, has released six new images from the mission's archival data as an homage to this groundbreaking project. Termed as "one further gift from the prolific mission," the final data release from NEOWISE was made available to the astronomy community on November 14, featuring over 26 million images and nearly 200 billion sources detected by the telescope. Among these are a region named the "Gecko Nebula" due to its likeness to a downturned head with a pointed snout, a tadpole-shaped nebula known as CG12, and the expansive California Nebula, stretching 100 light-years across space. Originally launched as the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) in 2009, the telescope was reactivated in 2013 as NEOWISE, marking the asteroid-hunting phase of the mission. The infrared space telescope surveyed the entire night sky, conducting 21 complete sky surveys during its decade-long operation. While the mission primarily aimed to identify and study small objects in our solar system, like asteroids and comets, also referred to as near-Earth objects (NEOs), the infrared data gathered by the telescope has proven invaluable across various areas of astronomy. NASA panic over 'toxic smell' coming from Russian spaceship Moment 5 galaxies collide at 2,000,000mph in 'intergalactic sonic boom' NASA shares 'eerie' snaps of clouds 'linked to UFOs' - locals left puzzled The mission wrapped up its operations in July 2024, and over its 15-year tenure in space, scientists had the opportunity to repeatedly observe the same sky regions, with most areas being surveyed by NEOWISE at least 220 times. This consistent observation aids astronomers in identifying and studying celestial bodies that fluctuate in brightness or position. "Being able to watch the changing sky for nearly 15 years has opened a new avenue for time-domain science, for everything from the closest asteroids to the most distant quasars," expressed Joe Masiero, Research Scientist at IPAC and the Deputy Principal Investigator of the mission.Trump seeks to have Georgia election case dismissed, citing presidential immunity