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The Many Infrared 'Personalities' of the Sculptor Galaxy
10.13.10 - The Sculptor galaxy is seen in a rainbow of infrared colors by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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WISE Captures Key Images of Comet Mission's Destination
10.05.10 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, caught a glimpse of the comet that the agency's EPOXI mission will visit in November.
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NASA's WISE Mission Warms up but Keeps Chugging Along
10.04.10 - After completing its primary mission to map the infrared sky, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has reached the expected end of its onboard supply of frozen coolant.
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WISE Captures the Unicorn's Rose
08.25.10 - Unicorns and roses are usually the stuff of fairy tales, but a new cosmic image taken by NASA's WISE mission shows the Rosette nebula in the constellation Monoceros, or the Unicorn.
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WISE Spacecraft Warming Up
08.10.10 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is warming up. Team members say the spacecraft is running out of the frozen coolant needed to keep its heat-sensitive instrument chilled.
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NASA's WISE Mission to Complete Extensive Sky Survey
07.16.10 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, will complete its first survey of the entire sky on July 17, 2010.
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The Coolest Stars Come Out of the Dark
06.24.10 - Astronomers have uncovered what appear to be 14 of the coldest stars known in our universe.
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Jumbo Jellyfish or Massive Star?
06.17.10 - Some might see a blood-red jellyfish, while others might see a pair of lips. In fact, the red-colored object in this new image from WISE is a sphere of stellar innards.
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WISE Makes Progress on Its Space Rock Catalog
05.24.10 - NASA's WISE is busy surveying the landscape of the infrared sky, building up a catalog of cosmic specimens -- everything from distant galaxies to "failed" stars, called brown dwarfs.
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WISE Telescope has Heart and Soul
05.24.10 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured a huge mosaic of two bubbling clouds in space, known as the Heart and Soul nebulae.
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NASA's WISE Eye Spies Near-Earth Asteroid
01.25.10 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth asteroid, the first of hundreds it is expected to find during its mission to map the whole sky in infrared light.
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NASA's WISE Eye Spies First Glimpse of the Starry Sky
01.06.10 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured its first look at the starry sky that it will soon begin surveying in infrared light.
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NASA's WISE Space Telescope Jettisons its Cover
12.29.09 - NASA's recently launched Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer opened its eyes to the starry sky today, after ejecting its protective cover.
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Prepping WISE to Pop Its Lens Cap
12.22.09 - Engineers are getting ready to eject the cover on NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which launched from Vandengerg Air Force Base, Calif., on Dec. 14.
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WISE Begins All-Sky Survey Mission
12.14.09 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, lifted off over the Pacific Ocean this morning on its way to map the entire sky in infrared light.
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WISE Launch Rescheduled for December 14
12.10.09 - The launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is now rescheduled for Dec. 14.
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WISE Launch Delayed 24 Hours
12.10.09 - Liftoff of a Delta II rocket and its NASA payload, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), has been delayed 24 hours.
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NASA's WISE Set to Blast Off and Map the Skies
12.09.09 - The countdown clock is ticking, with just days to go before the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, rockets into space on a mission to map the entire sky in infrared light.
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WISE Snug in Its Nose Cone
11.30.09 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has been wrapped in the outer nose cone, or "fairing," that will protect it during its scheduled Dec. 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
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WISE a Bit Closer to the Sky
11.23.09 - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is now perched atop its rocket in preparations for a Dec. 9 liftoff.