Mission News

Simulated, edge-on view of our solar system

NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of ...

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NASA's WISE Catches Aging Star Erupting With Dust

Images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) reveal an old star in the throes of a fiery outburst, spraying the cosmos with dust.

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This artist's concept shows a 'feeding,' or active, supermassive black hole with a jet streaming outward at nearly the speed of light.

NASA's WISE Mission Sees Skies Ablaze With Blazars

Astronomers are actively hunting a class of supermassive black holes throughout the universe called blazars thanks to data collected by NASA's ...

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NASA Releases New Catalog of Entire Infrared Sky

A new, large mosaic from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) showcases a vast stretch of cosmic clouds bubbling with new star birth.

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Section of the Milky Way galaxy in infrared light

Stars Pop Onto the Scene in New WISE Image

A new, large mosaic from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) showcases a vast stretch of cosmic clouds bubbling with new star birth.

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Mission Features

Comet Hartley 2 Leaves a Bumpy Trail

07.14.11 - Comet Hartley 2 is a little bit like Hansel and Gretel, leaving behind a trail of ice crumbs as it circles the sun.
A Night with the Stars…in a Conference Room

05.31.11 - Astronomers no longer peer through telescopes up at the night sky. The wonders of the universe can now be accessed right from a laptop.
WISE Delivers Millions of Galaxies, Stars, Asteroids

04.14.11 - Astronomers across the globe can now sift through hundreds of millions of galaxies, stars and asteroids collected in the first bundle of data from NASA's WISE mission.

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Media Resources

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