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All-Sky Atlas from NASA

March 22, 2012

All-Sky Atlas from NASA

This is a mosaic of the images covering the entire sky as observed by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), part of its All-Sky Data Release.

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NASA finds Coldest, Darkest Stars Yet

August 24, 2011

Brown dwarfs

Scientists using data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the coldest class of star-like bodies. They call them  and they are sometimes referred to as “failed” stars with temperatures as cool as the human body.

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Immense Andromeda galaxy from WISE

June 3, 2011

Andromeda galaxy

The immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 or simply M31, is captured in full in this new image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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Galaxy Menagerie from WISE

May 28, 2011

Galaxies

An assorted mix of colorful galaxies is being released today by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission, or WISE. The nine galaxies are a taste of what’s to come. The mission plans to release similar images for the 1,000 largest galaxies that appear in our sky, and possibly more.
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Collage of nearby galaxies

May 4, 2011

nearby galaxiesTo celebrate the one-year anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Explorer, or WISE, the mission team has put together this image showing just a sample of the millions of galaxies that have been imaged by WISE during its survey of the entire sky.
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Tyche: enormous rogue Planet

April 30, 2011

Tyche

Evidence gathered by NASA’S Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope, suggests that a gas giant may be lurking in the Oort Cloud, the most remote part of the outer solar system which is believed to consist of icy comets. This would make it 375 times farther from the Sun than Pluto.
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NEOWISE completes survey of asteroids and comets

February 4, 2011

NEOWISENASA’s NEOWISE mission has completed its survey of small bodies, asteroids and comets, in our solar system.
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Zeta Ophiuchi the runaway Star

January 28, 2011

Zeta OphiuchiA hot star 20 times larger than the Sun, Zeta Ophiuchi is the blue spot in the centre of this image taken with Nasa’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
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