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Closest Star System Found in a Century
03.11.13 - NASA's WISE mission has found the closest star system discovered since 1916 -- a pair of brown dwarfs right in our celestial backyard.
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WISE Feels the Heat from Orion's Sword
02.05.13 - The tangle of clouds and stars that lie in Orion's sword is showcased in a new, expansive view from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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Little Telescope Spies Gigantic Galaxy Clusters
12.06.12 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is helping to find the rarest and largest of galaxy groupings in the universe.
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NASA's WISE Colors in Unknowns on Jupiter Asteroids
10.15.12 - Observations from NASA's WISE all-sky survey reveal new clues about Jovian Trojans, mysterious asteroids that orbit in front of and behind Jupiter in its path around the sun.
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NASA's WISE Survey Uncovers Millions of Black Holes
08.29.12 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has led to a bonanza of newfound supermassive black holes and extreme galaxies called hot DOGs, or dust-obscured galaxies.
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NASA Event to Discuss Black Holes and Extreme Objects
08.23.11 - NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT) on Thurs., Sept. 29, to reveal near-Earth asteroid findings and implications for future research.
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The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Dust
07.05.12 - Astronomers have discovered that vast amounts of planetary dust, enough to fill the inner portions of a solar system, have suddenly vanished.
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The 'Flame' Burns Bright in New WISE Image
07.02.12 - A fiery image from NASA's WISE mission shows the Flame nebula "burning" a hole in the cosmic dust.
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WISE Finds Few Brown Dwarfs Close To Home
06.08.12 - Astronomers are getting to know the neighbors better. Our sun resides within a spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy about two-thirds of the way out from the center.
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NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
05.16.12 - Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids.
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NASA's WISE Catches Aging Star Erupting With Dust
04.26.12 - 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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NASA's WISE Mission Sees Skies Ablaze With Blazars
04.12.12 - Astronomers are actively hunting a class of supermassive black holes throughout the universe called blazars thanks to data collected by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).
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NASA Releases New Catalog of Entire Infrared Sky
03.14.12 - 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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Stars Pop Onto the Scene in New WISE Image
01.10.12 - 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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WISE Presents a Cosmic Wreath
12.22.11 - Sprigs of holly, a big red bow and silver bells appear to dress up this cosmic star-forming wreath, captured by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).
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Star Explosion Leaves Behind a Rose
12.09.11 - What appears to be a giant red rose in space is all that's left of a star that exploded long ago.
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'Pacman' Nebula Gets Some Teeth
10.26.11 - When viewed in infrared light by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the "Pacman" nebula looks hungrier than usual.
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NASA Telescopes Help Solve Ancient Supernova Mystery
10.24.11 - A mystery that began nearly 2,000 years ago, when Chinese astronomers witnessed what would turn out to be an exploding star in the sky, has been solved.
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NASA Space Telescope Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth
09.29.11 - New observations by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, show there are significantly fewer near-Earth asteroids in the mid-size range than previously thought.
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NASA to Host News Conference on Asteroid Findings
09.26.11 - NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT) on Thurs., Sept. 29, to reveal near-Earth asteroid findings and implications for future research.