NASA’s WISE Views the Helix Nebula
NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer views the dying star known as the Helix Nebula. In an unexpected juxtaposition of cosmic objects that are actually quite…
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WISE Detects Two Entwined Supermassive Black Holes
Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, astronomers have detected two supermassive black holes circling each other at the heart of a distant galaxy. Astronomers have…
Astronomers Discover Two Ancient Brown Dwarfs Moving at Speeds of 100-200 Kilometers Per Second
In a newly published study, astronomers detail the discovery of two ancient brown dwarfs that are moving at speeds of 100-200 kilometers per second. A…
New Evidence Supports “Inside-Out” Theory of Galaxy Evolution
Using data from NASA’s WISE and GALEX missions, astronomers have gathered new evidence for the “inside-out” theory of galaxy growth, showing that bursts of star…
WISE Views the Witch Head Nebula
This newly released WISE image shows the Witch Head nebula, which is located in the Orion constellation. A witch appears to be screaming out into…
Asteroid 1998 KN3 Zips Past the Orion Nebula
This NEOWISE image shows asteroid 1998 KN3 as it zips by the Orion nebula. This image shows the potentially hazardous near-Earth object 1998 KN3 as…
WISE Spacecraft Will Be Reactivated to Hunt for Asteroids
NASA plans to reactivate the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to help identify the population of potentially hazardous near-Earth objects, as well as asteroids suitable for…
Contrary to Previous Theories, Massive Galaxies Slow Their Growth Over Time
Using data from Spitzer and WISE, scientists reveal in a new study that massive galaxies appear to slow their growth over time, feeding less and…
Astronomers Reveal the True Identity of Mysterious Centaurs
In a newly published study, astronomers used data from NEOWISE to reveal the true identity of centaurs that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune,…
Astrophysicists Document the Immense Power of Quasar Radiation
Using data from the Southern African Large Telescope and NASA’s WISE, astrophysicists documented the immense power of quasar radiation, seeing for the first time the…
NASA’s WISE Mission Identifies 28 New Asteroid Families
Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, scientists have identified 28 new asteroid families and have placed thousands of previously hidden and uncategorized asteroids into families…
One of the Most Efficient Star Making Galaxies Ever Observed
Using Hubble, WISE and the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer in the French Alps, astronomers viewed efficient star-making galaxy SDSSJ1506+54, seeing a rare phase of…
WISE Spots Massive Distant Galaxy Cluster
Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), astronomers discovered a distant galaxy cluster, MOO J2342.0+1301, which is located 7.7 billion light-years away and is hundreds…
WISE Discovers Mystery Dust Around an Unusual Class of Interacting Binary Stars
Astronomers discovered dust around an unusual class of interacting binary stars, a highly magnetic white dwarf star that is Earth-sized but weighs about 60 percent…
NASA’s WISE Uncovers New Clues on Jovian Trojans
New data from WISE answers several questions about Jovian Trojans, asteroids that orbit the sun on the same path as Jupiter, and is the first…
NASA’s WISE Discovers Millions of Black Holes
Documented in three new studies, data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission was used to discover millions of newfound supermassive black holes and extreme…
Mysterious Disappearance of Dust Ring Leaves Astronomers Searching for Solutions
First seen by the NASA Infrared Astronomical Satellite in 1983, the dusty disk around a young sun-like star called TYC 8241 2652 has disappeared, leaving…
Flame Nebula Burns Bright in New WISE Image
Using data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer’s four infrared bands, scientists have released a new image showing a vast cloud of gas and dust…