WISE Satellite Begins Work
Department:
Astrotech
Teaser:
NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) began its survey of the infrared sky Thursday.
Source:
News and Features - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Download time: Jan 16 2010 11:24 AM ET
NASA's Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) began its survey of the infrared sky today. The mission will spend nine months scanning the sky one-and-a-half times in infrared light, revealing all sorts of cosmic characters -- everything from near-Earth asteroids to young galaxies more than ten billion light-years away.…
Also see the story in Space Daily.
