WISE

Latest Image

Dusty 'Sunrise' at Core of the Brightest Known Galaxy

Artwork • May 21st, 2015

This artist's concept depicts the current record holder for the most luminous galaxy in the universe. The galaxy, named WISE J224607.57-052635.0, is erupting with light equal to more than 300 trillion suns. It was discovered by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The galaxy is smaller than the Milky Way, yet puts out 10,000 times more energy.

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NEOWISE Wise to Comet Lovejoy

Observation
March 26th, 2015

NEOWISE Spies Activity on Comet Catalina

Observation
July 23rd, 2014

Infrared Sequence of a Comet and Distant Galaxy (annotated)

Observation
July 3rd, 2014

Infrared View of a Comet and Distant Galaxy

Observation
July 3rd, 2014

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Slideshows

AMNH Astro Snapshot

This interactive astro snapshot from the AMNH shows how WISE will discover brown dwarfs in the infrared wavelengths.

Hottest images from WISE

Members of the WISE science team compiled an image gallery of some of the mission's colorful cosmic snapshots.

Infrared Astronomy

This slide show provides background information about infrared light and what astronomers can learn by observing it.

WISE Mission Overview

This slide show delivers a general introduction to the WISE mission and the science behind it.

Asteroids and WISE

This slideshow delivers a general introduction to the WISE mission and the science behind it.

WISE Booth Slideshow

This slide show was created to run at the WISE exhibit booth at the January 2010 Meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, DC. It gives a pictorial history of the WISE mission.

Latest Video

WISE Brown Dwarfs Simulation

Science Video • April 2nd, 2013

WISE is partnering with the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium to visualize the Universe that WISE will reveal to us. Using a brown dwarf data simulation provided by WISE team members, we have integrated these data into Hayden's Digital Universe Atlas, a 3-D atlas of the Universe for your computer, thereby demonstrating what the solar neighborhood might look like once WISE has completed its mission.