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NASA's NEOWISE Completes Scan for Asteroids and Comets

February 1st, 2011

NASA's NEOWISE mission has completed its survey of small bodies, asteroids and comets, in our solar system.

Solar System Safari

February 1st, 2011

NASA's NEOWISE is the asteroid-hunting portion of the WISE mission. These slides show the hunt for asteroids and comets.

Runaway Star Plows Through Space

January 24th, 2011

Can you tell which way the central, bright blue star is traveling in this new image from WISE?

Partner Galaxies Wildly Different In New WISE Image

January 13th, 2011

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has captured a new view of two companion galaxies -- a somewhat tranquil spiral beauty and its rambunctious partner.

A Preview of the Upcoming Public Release of WISE Data

January 11th, 2011

The WISE Data Center at Caltech's Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) is preparing the WISE data for release to the public in 2012. More than half the sky as surveyed by WISE will be released this coming Spring in a preliminary data release.

A Galaxy for Everyone

December 16th, 2010

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, celebrates its launch anniversary with a taste of four galaxy flavors.

WISE One Year Later

December 14th, 2010

Today is the one-year anniversary of the launch of WISE. In that year, WISE has observed the entire sky in 4 infrared wavelengths, and seen nearly 93% of the sky twice in the two shortest wavelengths. WISE has discovered asteroids, stars, and galaxies never seen before. Go WISE!

Goodbye to a WISE Team Member

December 12th, 2010

With heavy hearts, we say goodbye to WISE team member Mark Larsen, who died today after a long struggle with brain cancer. An asteroid observed by WISE has been renamed in his honor with the following dedication: (243516) Marklarsen = 2010 CC7, Discovered 2010 Feb. 6 by WISE, As the senior scientist at the Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University, Mark Larson (b. 1962) has been responsible for the camera aboard the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft. His work has been seminal to the success of the mission.

WISE Sees an Explosion of Infrared Light

December 9th, 2010

NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer has caught sight of an unusual display of infrared colors around a supernova remnant.

WISE: Focus on Infinity

December 9th, 2010

The WISE team is searching through the telescope's two million images to spot never before seen objects.