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1. A Mosaic of Cassiopeia

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   This mosaic of images from the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explore, or WISE, in the constellation of Cassiopeia contains a large star-forming nebula within the Milky Way Galaxy, called IC 1805 or the Heart ... Monday, 08 March 2010

2. The Possibility of a Brand New World

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   ... emerges about one billion years from now. The above image is a composite of images taken in infrared light by the Spitzer Space Telescope, ultraviolet light by the GALEX space telescope, and visible light ... Wednesday, 24 February 2010

3. Ozone on Mars: Two Windows Better Than One

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   ... (865 words) © Jean Tate for Universe Today, 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Climate Change, Infrared Astronomy, Mars, ozone Feed enhanced by Better Feed from ... Saturday, 20 February 2010

4. NASA's WISE Mission Releases Medley Of First Images

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   Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 18, 2010 - A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first survey images NASA released Wednesday from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

5. NASA's WISE Mission Releases Medley Of First Images

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   Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 18, 2010 - A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first survey images NASA released Wednesday from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

6. Astronomical Eye Candy from WISE First Images

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   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. credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA The ... Wednesday, 17 February 2010

7. WISE Spies Its First Comet

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   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 The Wide-field Infrared Survey ... Thursday, 11 February 2010

8. ESO: Orion In A New Light

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   ... splendor of the whole nebula and VISTA's infrared vision also allows it to peer deeply into dusty regions that are normally hidden and expose the curious behavior of the very active young stars buried ... Wednesday, 10 February 2010

9. New VISTA of Orion

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   The new VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) infrared survey telescope has used its huge field of view to show the full splendor of the Orion Nebula. With its infrared eyes, it ... Wednesday, 10 February 2010

10. Little Galaxy With a Tail

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    This infrared portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, reveals stars and dust in this galaxy as never seen before. T The image shows the main body of the Small Magellanic ... Wednesday, 03 February 2010

11. New Technique to Find Earth-like Exoplanets

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    ... telescopes or space-based observatories. A group of astronomers developed the new technique by using a relatively small Earth-based infrared telescope to identify an organic molecule in the atmosphere ... Wednesday, 03 February 2010

12. Mystery of the Fading Star

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    ... remained unclear. The companion is known to be surrounded by a dusty disk, as illustrated in this artist's concept. Data from Spitzer finally seems to have solved the riddle. Spitzer's infrared vision ... Tuesday, 02 February 2010

13. An Infrared View of the Galaxy

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    This composite color infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy reveals a new population of massive stars and new details in complex structures in the hot ionized gas swirling around the central ... Monday, 01 February 2010

14. Ball Aerospace Begins Integration Of VIIRS For NPOESS

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    Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 01, 2010 - Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has begun integration of the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental ... Monday, 01 February 2010

15. The Coolest Of Orbs

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    Hertfordshire, UK (SPX) Feb 01, 2010 - Using the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) in Hawaii, a discovery has been made of an object which is technically known as a brown dwarf. What has excited ... Monday, 01 February 2010

16. Scientists Find Water Ice Creates the Spokes in Saturn's B Ring

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    ... from Cassini's Visual Infrared Mapping spectrometer (VIMS) suggests the radial spokes that sometimes form across the ring are entirely composed of water ice. The existence of the spokes were unexpected ... Friday, 29 January 2010

17. WISE Bags its First Near-Earth Asteroid

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    The red dot at the center of this image is the first near-Earth asteroid discovered by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA Well, that didn't take ... Monday, 25 January 2010

18. Airborne Observatory Passes Next Stage of Testing

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    ... Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is capable of doing just that: SOFIA is an infrared telescope mounted on a 747SP airliner that used to be a passenger plane for Pan Am. By mounting ... Thursday, 21 January 2010

19. Key Sensor Delivered To NPOESS Preparatory Project

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    ... sensor, the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). ... Wednesday, 20 January 2010

20. WISE Starts All-Sky Survey

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    Washington DC (SPX) Jan 15, 2010 - NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) began its survey of the infrared sky today. T ... Thursday, 14 January 2010