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November 17, 2009 NASA's Wise Gets Ready to Survey the Whole SkyNASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is chilled out, sporting a sunshade and getting ready to roll. |
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August 17, 2009 NASA's WISE Mission Arrives at Launch SiteNASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has arrived at its last stop on Earth -- Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. |
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June 26, 2009 Herschel Opens Its Infrared EyesThe Herschel Space Observatory has snapped its first picture since blasting into space on May 14, 2009. |
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June 15, 2009 Herschel's Cover Flips OpenThe Herschel observatory has flipped its lid -- the cover protecting the telescope's instruments was successfully removed on June 14, 2009. |
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May 14, 2009 Herschel and Planck on Way to Study Our Cosmic RootsThe Herschel and Planck spacecraft successfully blasted into space on May 14 from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. |
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May 5, 2009 Herschel and Planck Share Ride to SpaceTwo missions to study the cosmos are scheduled to blast into space May 14 aboard the same rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. |
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October 7, 2008 Artists and Astronomers 'Observe' the Universe TogetherA new exhibition opening in Pasadena brings artists and astronomers together to create original pieces of art. The project is a collaboration between the Art Center College of Design and NASA's Spitzer Science Center. |
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July 21, 2008 Spitzer Reveals 'No Organics' Zone Around Pinwheel GalaxyThe Pinwheel galaxy is gussied up in infrared light in a new picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. |
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February 12, 2008 Astronomers Eye Ultra-Young, Bright Galaxy in Early UniverseNASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, with a boost from a natural "zoom lens," have uncovered what may be one of the youngest and brightest galaxies ever seen in the middle of the cosmic "dark ages." |
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December 18, 2006 NASA Telescope Picks Up Glow of Universe's First ObjectsNew observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope strongly suggest that infrared light detected in a prior study originated from clumps of the very first objects of the universe. |
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January 6, 2003 Astronomers Find a HeroHeroes are usually confined to comic books and movies, but as the saying goes, we all need one. So astronomers have turned to the deep, dark cosmos to find their heroic figure -- the "Hyper Extremely Red Object," or "Hero." |
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November 15, 2002 Dr. Michelle Thaller, AstrophysicistIn this video profile 'First Person,' Caltech astrophysicist Dr. Michelle Thaller discusses methods astronomers use to study stars and galaxies. |
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September 24, 2002 Pasadena Honors Age-Old Relationship with UniversePasadena is celebrating its roots in astronomy |
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May 28, 2002 The Infrared Sky Goes DigitalWould it be possible to see the entire sky without ever stepping outside? Well, if you have access to a computer, the answer would be yes, thanks to the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS), the most detailed digital map of the heavens ever made. |
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