Tag Archive for 'WISE'

Blazars are the most common sources detected by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. As matter falls toward the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center, some of it is accelerated outward at nearly the speed of light along jets pointed in opposite directions. When one of the jets happens to be aimed in the direction of Earth, as illustrated here, the galaxy appears especially bright and is classified as a blazar. Image credit: M. Weiss / CfA.

NASA Space Telescopes Reveal Unexpected Blazar Connection

Aug 24, 2016 by News Staff

Astronomers studying black-hole-powered galaxies called blazars have uncovered a surprising link between two very different wavelengths of the light these...

Astronomers Spot Loneliest Young Star

Jul 28, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers led by Texas Tech University scientist Dr. Christopher Britt has spotted a very young star, called CXOGBS J173643.8-282122...

This is an artist’s impression of PSO J318.5-22. Image credit: MPIA / V. Ch. Quetz.

Free-Floating Giant Planet Analog Found 95 Light-Years Away

Apr 14, 2016 by Natali Anderson

An international team of astronomers has discovered one of the youngest and brightest free-floating, planet-like objects within relatively close proximity...

This is an artist’s impression of the hot, dust-obscured galaxy W2246-0526. Image credit: NRAO / AUI / NSF / Dana Berry / SkyWorks / ALMA / ESO / NAOJ.

Universe’s Most Luminous Galaxy is Tearing Itself Apart

Jan 15, 2016 by Natali Anderson

The galaxy W2246-0526 – the most luminous known galaxy in the Universe – is so turbulent that it is in the process of ejecting its entire supply...

The asteroid 31 Euphrosyne glides across a field of background stars in this time-lapse view from NASA’s WISE spacecraft. WISE obtained the images used to create this view over a period of about a day around May 17, 2010, during which it observed the asteroid four times. The moving asteroid appears as a string of orange dots because it is much cooler than the distant background stars. Stars have temperatures in the thousands of degrees, but the asteroid is cooler than room temperature. Thus the stars are represented by shorter wavelength blue colors in this view, while the asteroid is shown in longer wavelength reddish colors. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Researchers Track Down Origins of Some Near-Earth Objects

Aug 6, 2015 by News Staff

A new study using data from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope has traced some dark Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) back to their likely source – a family...

This artist’s concept depicts the extremely luminous infrared galaxy WISE J2246-0526. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech

Astronomers Discover Universe’s Most Luminous Galaxy

May 21, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the most luminous galaxy ever found. This artist’s concept depicts...

The supervoid. Image credit: István Szapudi et al.

Supervoid: Astronomers Find Large ‘Hole’ in Universe

Apr 21, 2015 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers led by Dr Istvan Szapudi of the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy has discovered a large supervoid...

This image, from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, shows the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp 220. Image credit: NASA / ESA / C. Wilson, McMaster University.

Search for Extraterrestrial Super-Civilizations Finds Nothing in 100,000 WISE Galaxies

Apr 15, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers led by Roger Griffith of the Pennsylvania State University say they have found no evidence of so-called Type III Kardashev super-civilizations...

The star cluster Camargo 438. Image credit: D. Camargo / NASA / WISE.

Astronomers Discover Two Very Distant Star Clusters

Mar 3, 2015 by News Staff

Brazilian astronomers using data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer have discovered two clusters of stars forming at the very edge of our...

This artist's impression shows the brown dwarf WISE 0855-0714. The color of the brown dwarf in this image is arbitrary; it would have different colors when viewed in different wavelength ranges. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Penn State University.

WISE 0855-0714: Astronomer Discovers Fourth-Closest Star System

Apr 28, 2014 by News Staff

U.S. astronomer using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered WISE J085510.83-071442.5 (WISE 0855-0714...

This is an artist's impression of a brown dwarf. Image credit: John Pinfield.

Milky Way Galaxy’s Oldest Brown Dwarfs Discovered

Nov 20, 2013 by News Staff

British astronomers reporting in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (arXiv.org) have found two of the oldest brown dwarfs in...

WISE Discovers Millions of Black Holes

Aug 30, 2012 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer have discovered millions of supermassive black hole candidates across the Universe and...

WISE Discovers Dozens of Nearby Brown Dwarfs

Jun 8, 2012 by News Staff

Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), an international team of scientists has discovered about 200 brown dwarfs, including a few...

WISE Discovered the Coldest Class of Stars

Aug 25, 2011 by News Staff

Scientists using data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the coldest class of star-like bodies, with temperatures...