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Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

Two Brown Dwarfs in Our Backyard

Closest Star System Found in a Century


NASA's WISE mission has found the closest star system discovered since 1916 -- a pair of brown dwarfs right in our celestial backyard.


Read more (March 11, 2013)


 

Recent News


The Cosmic Hearth WISE Feels the Heat from Orion's Sword

The tangle of clouds and stars that lie in Orion's sword is showcased in a new, expansive view from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.


Read more (February 05, 2013)


WISE Finds a Galactic Metropolis Little Telescope Spies Gigantic Galaxy Clusters

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is helping to find the rarest and largest of galaxy groupings in the universe.


Read more (December 06, 2012)


Trojan Colors Revealed (Artist's Concept) NASA's WISE Colors in Unknowns on Jupiter Asteroids

Observations from NASA's WISE all-sky survey reveal new clues about Jovian Trojans, mysterious asteroids that orbit in front of and behind Jupiter in its path around the sun.


Read more (October 15, 2012)


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Features

Wise Blog

Amy Mainzer, a scientist and instrument builder, is deputy project scientist for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. This spaceborne telescope, scheduled to launch in 2009, will survey the entire sky.

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WISE interactive Your guide to the infrared sky. click to launch



In-depth Information

WISE Launch Press Kit (1.97 Mb - PDF)

WISE Fact Sheet (289 Kb - PDF)

NASA TV (Live)

WISE mission website