Feb 19
NASA Releases First Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Images
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NASA has released the first images from WISE, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, a probe that first launched in mid-December–and they’re pretty striking.
The images include Andromeda, our nearest galaxy neighbor, as well as a comet and a “star factory” 20,000 light years away inside our own galaxy (pictured), as the BBC reports.
The report said Wise will continue to scan the skies through October, at which point its supply of frozen coolant will run out. By that point, Wise will have done one and a half complete scans of the sky.
Click here for more images at NASA’s Web site.
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