The current featured image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Space Telescope.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/IOTWrss.xml http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/images/wise_logo_rss_sm.jpg This is a mosaic of the images covering the entire sky as observed by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), part of its All-Sky Data Release. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_thesky.html Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:00:00 PST WISE2012-003 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This infrared image from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, also shows the “light echoes” of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_CassiopeiaA.html Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:00:00 PST WISE2012-002 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This enormous section of the Milky Way Galaxy is a mosaic of images from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_fireworks.html Tue, 10 Dec 2012 13:30:00 PST WISE2012-001 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team Sprigs of holly, a big red bow and silver bells appear to dress up this cosmic star-forming wreath, captured by WISE.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Barnard3.html Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:30:00 PST WISE2011-033 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team Seen as a red dusty cloud in this image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, Puppis A is the remnant of a supernova explosion.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Puppis_A.html Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:30:00 PST WISE2011-032 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This view from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, takes in an area of the sky in the constellation of Scorpius surrounding Jabbah that is larger than a grid of 8 by 8 full moons.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IC4592.html Mon, 22 Nov 2011 09:30:00 PST WISE2011-031 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image shows a giant dust cloud in between the claws of the constellation ScorpiusObservation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IC4601.html Fri, 3 Nov 2011 09:30:00 PST WISE2011-030 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team In visible light, NGC 281 in the constellation of Cassiopeia appears to be chomping through the cosmos, earning it the nickname the “Pacman” nebula.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NGC281.html Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:30:00 PST WISE2011-029 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team New infrared observations from WISE reveal how the first supernova ever recorded occurred and how its shattered remains ultimately spread out to great distances.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_RCW86.html Tue, 24 Oct 2011 11:00:00 PST WISE2011-SCI03 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team "Y dwarfs" are the coldest star-like bodies known, with temperatures that can be even cooler than the human body. NASA's WISE uncovered these elusive objects for the first time, using its heat-sensing, infrared vision. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Y-dwarf.html Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:20:00 PST WISE2011-SCI03 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team The black areas in this image—called infrared dark clouds (IRDCs)—are exceptionally cold, dense cloud cores seen in silhouette against the bright diffuse infrared glow of the plane of the Milky Way.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IRDC_G11.11-0.11.html Wed, 19 Aug 2011 17:00:00 PST WISE2011-027 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have discovered the first known "Trojan" asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/science.html Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:00:00 PST WISE2011-SCI02 Messier 101 is a grand design spiral galaxy, which is a disk of hundreds of billions of stars with a small central bulge and prominent arms spiraling out from the center. In this image, stars appear blue because they are hotter and glow brightly in the shorter wavelengths observed by WISE. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_m101.html Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:00:00 PST WISE2011-025 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team New findings from NEOWISE, the asteroid- and comet-hunting portion of NASA's WISE mission, show that comet Hartley 2 leaves a pebbly trail as it laps the Sun, dotted with grains as big as golf balls. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/science.html Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:00:00 PST WISE2011-SCI01 Seen here by NASA’s WISE, the cloud CG4 might be imagined as a cosmic alligator eating its way across the sky. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_cg4.html Fri, 1 Jul 2011 14:00:00 PST WISE2011-024 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image from NASA’s WISE, highlights several star-forming regions. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_GUM22.html Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:55:00 PST WISE2011-023 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image of the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula from NASA’s WISE shows clouds of dust and gas being pushed and eroded by a massive star. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IC1396.html Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:30:00 PST WISE2011-022 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team Image of a huge complex of star-forming clouds and stellar clusters found in the constellation Cygnus has been released by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_cygnus.html Fri, 3 Jun 2011 13:00:00 PST WISE2011-021 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team A new, colorful collection of galaxy specimens has been released by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, mission.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_menagerie.html Wed, 25 May 2011 10:00:00 PST WISE2011-020 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team NGC 2259 is an example of an open cluster where the stars are more loosely organized. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NGC2259.html Fri, 20 May 2011 16:00:00 PST WISE2011-019 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This latest image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, shows three different nebulae located in the constellation of Perseus. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NGC1491.html Mon, 04 May 2011 12:01:00 PST WISE2011-018 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team Affectionately called the “Monkey nebula” by some, NGC2174 is a cloud of gas and dust that surrounds the star cluster NGC2175. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NGC2174.html Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:00:00 PST WISE2011-017 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This preliminary release will allow astronomers and astronomy enthusiasts worldwide to explore the sky as seen by WISE.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_allsky.html Thu, 14 Apr 2011 8:00:00 PST WISE2011-016 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team In infrared light, NASA’s WISE reveals a giant nebula around Lambda Orionis, inflating Orion’s head to huge proportions.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_SH_2-235.html Thu, 14 Apr 2011 8:00:00 PST WISE2011-015 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team In infrared light, NASA’s WISE reveals the nebula SH 2-235 to be a huge star formation complex – more than 100 light-years across -- as seen in this new view. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_SH_2-235.html Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:00:00 PST WISE2011-014 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team A rich collection of colorful astronomical objects is revealed in this picturesque image of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Explorer, or WISE. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_rho_ophiuchi.html Fri, 1 Apr 2011 14:00:00 PST WISE2011-013 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team There’s something special going on in the nearby Circinus galaxy, as revealed by this image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_circinus_galaxy.html Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:00:00 PST WISE2011-012 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team Today’s image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, features a region of star birth wrapped in a green blanket of dust. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_LBN149.html Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:00:00 PST WISE2011-011 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team NASA’s WISE captured this image of the star Alpha Camelopardalis speeding through the sky like a motorcyclist zipping through rush-hour traffic.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_AlphaCam.html Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:00:00 PST WISE2011-010 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this image of a star-forming cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation of Monoceros.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_LBN211.91-01.37.html Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:00:00 PST WISE2011-009 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This large mosaic image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, features the wreckage of an exploded star.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Veil.html Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:50:00 PST WISE2011-008 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this colorful image of the nebula BFS 29 surrounding the star CE-Camelopardalis, found hovering in the band comprising the Milky Way in the night sky.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_CE_Cam.html Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:50:00 PST WISE2011-007 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team On the morning of February 1st, 2011, NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, took its last snapshot of the sky.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_last_light.html Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:00:00 PST WISE2011-006 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team Among the multitudes of astronomical bodies that have been discovered by the NEOWISE portion of the WISE mission are 20 comets.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Comets_WISE.html Tue, 01 Feb 2011 1:00:00 PST WISE2011-004 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team The blue star near the center of this image is Zeta Ophiuchi.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_zeta_ophiuchi.html Fri, 21 Jan 2011 5:00:00 PST WISE2011-003 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image from NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, features two stunning galaxies engaged in an intergalactic dance.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_M81_82.html Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:45:00 PST WISE2011-002 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This colorful picture is a mosaic of the Lagoon nebula taken by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_M8.html Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:00:00 PST WISE2011-001 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image captured by NASA’s WISE shows of one of our closest neighboring galaxies, Messier 33.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_M33.html Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:00:00 PST WISE2010-047 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is an infrared view of a star forming cloud in our Galaxy called the Lambda Centauri nebula, also known as the Running Chicken nebula. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IC2944.html Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:15:00 PST WISE2010-046 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Explorer, or WISE, the mission team has put together this image showing just a sample of the millions of galaxies that have been imaged by WISE during its survey of the entire sky.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_nearbygalaxies.html Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:30:00 PST WISE2010-045A-med NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team Also known as the Jellyfish nebula, IC 443 is particularly interesting because it provides a look into how stellar explosions interact with their environment. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IC443.html Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:30:00 PST WISE2010-044 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This mosaic image taken by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, features three nebulae that are part of the giant Orion Molecular Cloud. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_FlameNebula.html Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:00:00 PST WISE2010-043 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, captured this view of a runaway star racing away from its original home. Seen here surrounded by a glowing cloud of gas and dust, the star AE Aurigae appears to be on fire. Appropriately, the cloud is called the Flaming Star Nebula.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IC405.html Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:00:00 PST WISE2010-042 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image composite shows two views of a puffy, dying star, or planetary nebula, known as NGC 1514. The view on the left is from a ground-based, visible-light telescope; the view on the right shows the object in infrared light, as seen by NASA's WISE.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NCG1514.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:00:00 PST WISE2010-041 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This particular object, named "WISEPC J045853.90+643451.9" after its location in the sky, is the first ultra-cool brown dwarf discovered by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_firstBD.html Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:00:00 PST WISE2010-040 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team WISE has uncovered a striking population of young stellar objects in a complex of dense, dark clouds in the southern constellation of Circinus.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_circinus.html Wed, 02 Nov 2010 09:20:00 PST WISE2010-039 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team WISE captured this colorful image of the reflection nebula IRAS 12116-6001. This cloud of interstellar dust cannot be seen directly in visible light, but WISE observed the nebula at infrared wavelengths.Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IRAS12116.html Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:20:00 PST WISE2010-038 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team The aptly named Cocoon nebula is featured in this image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_cocoon.html Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:20:00 PST WISE2010-037 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team The Sculptor galaxy is shown in different infrared hues, in this new mosaic from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_sculptor.html Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:00:00 PST WISE2010-036A NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This visitor from deep space, seen here by NASA's WISE, is comet Hartley 2 -- the destination for NASA's EPOXI mission. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_hartley2.html Wed, 05 Oct 2010 15:00:00 PST WISE2010-034 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team Gripped in the claw of the constellation Scorpius, sits the reflection nebula DG 129, a cloud of dust and gas that reflects light from nearby, bright stars. This infrared view of the nebula was captured by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_scorpii.html Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:00:00 PST WISE2010-033 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team Named after the astronomer who published a catalogue of nebulae in 1965, LBN stands for “Lynds Bright Nebula." The numbers 114.55+00.22 refer to nebula’s coordinates in the Milky Way Galaxy, serving as a sort of galactic home address. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_LBN114.html Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:00:00 PST WISE2010-032 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Nope, it’s an asteroid tracking its way across the sky with a beautiful spiral galaxy in the background. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_M74.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:00:00 PST WISE2010-031 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team A new cosmic image taken by NASA’s WISE shows the Rosette nebula located within the constellation Monoceros Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Rosette.html Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:00:00 PST WISE2010-030 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has captured a favorite observing target of amateur astronomers -- Omega Centauri. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_OmegaCentauri.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:15:00 PST WISE2010-029 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image captured by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) highlights the Small Magellanic Cloud. Also known as NGC 292, the Small Magellanic Cloud is a small galaxy about 200,000 light-years away. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_SMC.html Mon, 9 Aug 2010 17:45:00 PST WISE2010-028 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team The cluster, AFGL 490, is hidden from view in visible light by the cloud. But WISE’s infrared vision sees the glow of the dust itself, and penetrates this dust to see the infant stars within. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_AFGL490.html Mon, 2 Aug 2010 15:00:00 PST WISE2010-027 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team Sprawling across the constellation Vela is a complex of dark, dense clouds of dust and gas, difficult to detect with telescopes that see only visible light. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Vela_A.html Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:00:00 PST WISE2010-026 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image shows the famous Pleiades cluster of stars as seen through the eyes of WISE, or NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Pleiades.html Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:45:00 PST WISE2010-025 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) takes in several interesting objects in the constellation Cassiopeia, none of which are easily seen in visible light. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Tycho_SNR.html Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:11:00 PST WISE2010-024 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team The Tarantula Nebula is a giant star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NGC2070.html Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:45:00 PST WISE2010-023 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is of the nearby galaxy Messier 83, or M83 for short. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_M83_Pinwheel.html Thu, 25 Jun 2010 14:00:00 PST WISE2010-022 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team The red-colored object in this new infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a sphere of stellar innards, blown out from a humongous star. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_V385_Carinae.html Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:00 PST WISE2010-021 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) features comet 65P/Gunn. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Comet65P_Gunn.html Mon, 11 Jun 2010 16:00:00 PST WISE2010-020 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image of spiral galaxy NGC 6744 from NASA’s WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) is a mosaic of frames covering an area 3 full Moons tall and 3 full Moons wide (1.56 x 1.56 degrees). Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NGC6744.html Mon, 4 Jun 2010 16:00:00 PST WISE2010-019 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team The Heart and Soul nebulae are seen in this infrared mosaic from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Heart_Soul.html Mon, 24 May 2010 08:00:00 PST WISE2010-018 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team The Seagull Nebula, seen in this infrared mosaic from NASA’s WISE, draws its common name from it resemblance to a gull in flight. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Seagull.html Thurs, 20 May 2010 09:00:00 PST WISE2010-017 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team An infrared image from WISE showcases the Tadpole nebula, a star-forming hub in the constellation Auriga about 12,000 light-years from Earth. As WISE scanned the sky, capturing this mosaic of stitched-together frames, it happened to catch an asteroid in our Solar System passing by. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Tadpole.html Thurs, 13 May 2010 11:10:00 PST WISE2010-016 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This infrared image from NASA’s WISE features one of the bright stars in the constellation Perseus, named Menkhib (the bright star in the upper left near the red dustcloud) along with a large star forming cloud catalogued as NGC 1499, or more commonly called the California Nebula. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_California_Nebula.html Fri, 07 May 2010 11:10:00 PST WISE2010-015 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This heroic image from WISE is of a special cloud of dust and gas in the constellation Canis Major catalogued as NGC 2359. The nebula is more commonly known as Thor's Helmet due to its remarkable resemblance to depictions of the headwear donned by the famed Norse god of thunder and lightning. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Thors_Helmet.html Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:10:00 PST WISE2010-014 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This colorful image from WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) is a view of an area of the sky over 12 times the size of the full Moon on the border of the constellations Sagittarius and Corona Australis. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NGC6723.html Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:35:00 PST WISE2010-013 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image from WISE is a view within the constellation Cassiopeia of another portion of the vast star forming complex that makes up part of the Perseus spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IC1795.html Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:20:00 PST WISE2010-012 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team A leggy cosmic creature comes out of hiding in this new infrared view from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The spiral beauty, called IC 342 and sometimes the "hidden galaxy," is shrouded behind our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IC342.html Fri, 07 Apr 2010 14:00:00 PST WISE2010-011 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This WISE mosaic is of the Soul Nebula (a.k.a. the Embryo Nebula, IC 1848, or W5). It is an open cluster of stars surrounded by a cloud of dust and gas over 150 light-years across and located about 6,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, near the Heart Nebula (partially seen in the WISE image of Maffei 1 & 2). Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Soul_Nebula.html Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:00:00 PST WISE2010-010 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image from the WISE mission was taken on January 2nd, 2010, during the check-out phase, before the start of the WISE survey. It is a mosaic of 3 individual WISE frames spanning an area on the sky about 7 times the size of the full Moon in portions of the constellations Bootes and Canes Venatici. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_M3_Comet_Garradd.html Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:05:00 PST WISE2010-009 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team A new infrared image from WISE shows a cosmic rosebud blossoming with new stars. The stars, called the Berkeley 59 cluster, are the blue dots to the right of the image center. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Cosmic_Rosebud.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:55:00 PST WISE2010-008 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This picture of the open star cluster NGC 7380 is a mosaic of images from the WISE mission spanning an area on the sky of about 5 times the size of the full Moon. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NGC7380.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:46:00 PST WISE2010-007 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team A mosaic of images from WISE in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Maffei_1_2.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:45:00 PST WISE2010-006 NASA / JPL-Caltech / WISE Team This image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, highlights the dust that speckles the Andromeda galaxy's spiral arms. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_andromeda.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:45:00 PST WISE2010-005 NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA This dramatic image of a nebula containing young, massive stars was captured by NASDA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, a space telescope mapping the whole sky in infrared light. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NGC3_603.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:45:00 PST WISE2010-004 NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA WISE's large field of view and multi-wavelength infrared sight allowed it to form this complete view of the cluster, containing dozens of bright galaxies and hundreds of smaller ones. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_fornax.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:45:00 PST WISE2010-003 NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA Comet Siding Spring appears to streak across the sky like a superhero in this new infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_comet_siding_spring.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:45:00 PST WISE2010-002 NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA The red smudge at the center of this picture is the first comet discovered by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_first_comet.html Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:55:00 PST WISE2010-001 NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA The red dot near the center of this image is the first near-Earth asteroid discovered by WISE. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_NEO.html Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:55:00 PST WISE2010-000 NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA 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. Observation http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_first_light.html Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:55:00 PST WISE2010-0000 NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA