NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, only launched a couple of months ago, and has already done spectacular work. Gulping down huge tracts of sky every day, it has already discovered over 2000 asteroids — not seen, b...

A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first survey images NASA from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.

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 ...

The immense Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 or simply M31, is captured in full in this new image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The mosaic covers an area equivalent to more than 100 full moons,....

Comet Siding Spring streaks across the sky like a cosmic superman this new infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE taken on Jan. 10, 2010.The comet, also known as C/2007 Q3, was discovered in 2007 by ...

NASA releases the first images from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE):... ...

NASA’s new infrared telescope has released its first images. The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer has returned more than 250,000 raw images. To celebrate its performance thus far, NASA selected four of them for processing and pub...

In December 2009, NASA launched its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), a sky-mapping spacecraft that was blasted into space to scan for comets, asteroids, and...

NASA astronomers unveiled images Wednesday from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer(WISE), launched in December. ...

NASA’s fledgling Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) opened its eyes a few weeks ago, and astronomers have just released the first of a torrent of spectacular images from it. Since its launch last December, WISE has been surv...

The red smudge at the center of this picture is the first comet discovered by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post....

Having discovered its first asteroid on January 12, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has now officially discovered its first comet, P/2010 B2 (WISE). The comet was first observed by WISE on January 22, and has since been ...

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. There is no da...

Which one has our number on it?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...

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA Description: This infrared snapshot of a region in the constellation Carina near the Milky Way was taken shortly after NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) ejected its cover. The “fir...

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....

NASA’s WISE eyes are open. After a successful launch on December 14, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer is poised to begin the most thorough survey yet of the infrared universe. The telescope’s first image, a field of about 3,0...

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has seen first light — in other words, taken its first image from space! [Click to embiggen and get access to a big TIFF version.] Nice. It may not look as pretty as a Hubble or Spitz...

Congratulations are due to the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) team on their lovely "First Light" image, unveiled at the 215th American Astronomical Society meeting today. Here it is:Click to enlarge >First light for WIS...

NASA's recently launched Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) opened its eyes to the starry sky Dec. 29, after ejecting its protective cover. Engineers and scientists say the maneuver went off without a hitch, and everything i...