WISE
PacMan Nebula Takes A “Bite” Out Of Space
[/caption] If you have a large telescope and an appetite for nebulae, then you've probably seen the Pac Man Nebula.…
Space Telescopes Provide New Look at 2,000 Year Old Supernova
[/caption] What caused a huge explosion nearly 2,000 years ago, seen by early Chinese astronomers? Scientists have long known that…
Did Asteroid Baptistina Kill The Dinosaurs? Think Other WISE…
[/caption] Once upon a time, about 65 million years ago, scientists hypothesize a sizable asteroid crashed into Earth and contributed…
Dust in the Wind
[/caption] The stellar wind, that is! This beautiful image, taken by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Explorer (WISE) shows a vast ring…
Runaway Star Creates Quite a Shock
[/caption] Faster than a speeding bullet, this supergiant star looks like it might be wearing a red cape. Alpha Camelopardalis,…
Gallery: WISE’s Greatest Hits
[/caption] The WISE mission is now over, with the spacecraft taking its final image on Feb. 1, 2011. WISE was…
Mission Complete: NEOWISE Concludes Hunt for Near-Earth Objects
[/caption] The WISE spacecraft has completed a special mission called NEOWISE, looking for small bodies in the solar system, and…
The Real News about Ophiuchus: There’s a Runaway Star Plowing Through It
Lots of folks seem to be up in arms about the "new" sign in the zodiac, Ophiuchus, and the news…
WISE Captures an Infrared Shock Wave
[/caption] From a JPL press release: A circular rainbow appears like a halo around an exploded star in this new…
WISE Captures a Glowing Cylinder in Space
[/caption] It’s not like we’ve never seen the planetary nebula NGC 1514 before, but we’ve never seen it though WISE’s…