Apr 15 2015
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A pioneering infrared scan of 100,000 galaxies by Penn State astronomers has failed to detect any signs of…
Apr 12 2014
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The Trifid Nebula is a stellar nursery, where baby stars are born. In this infrared image, the green is cooler…
Mar 10 2014
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There's a going theory out there that an undiscovered planet resides in our solar system somewhere beyond the orbit…
Jan 30 2014
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Aug 22 2013
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For nearly three years, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite was one of our most potent tools in…
Aug 30 2012
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Scientists have detected millions of previously hidden supermassive black holes surrounding us, some of them busily…
Aug 30 2012
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NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope surveyed the universe twice during its 14-month mission,…
Aug 29 2012
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In 2009, NASA launched its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope, an Earth-orbiting infrared…
Aug 28 2012
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Supermassive black holes, rare galaxies, oh my! Tomorrow afternoon, NASA will be hosting a teleconference to discuss…
Apr 16 2012
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Blazars are a special kind of black hole - the kind with jets that are pointing right towards us! They're white hot…
Mar 15 2012
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After fourteen years of preparation and three years of collecting data, we now have an atlas of the entire infrared…
Dec 12 2011
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This is Puppis A, the remnants of a violent supernova that exploded 3,700 years ago, glowing red as its shockwaves…
Nov 7 2011
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Many of you have probably heard about asteroid 2005 YU55, the massive rocky body that tomorrow night will collide…
Oct 25 2011
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In 185 CE, Chinese astronomers reported the presence of an incredibly bright "guest star" that appeared suddenly in…
Sep 21 2011
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Black holes "flare" when they release gigantic jets of material into space. While we've learned much about these…
Aug 30 2011
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This image taken by NASA's Wise Satellite is in the infrared spectrum, meaning it can reveal the light that is…
Aug 24 2011
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Last year, NASA announced that it had discovered 14 of the coldest stars it had ever recorded. The so-called "brown…
Jul 27 2011
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Trojan asteroids are objects that share a planet's orbit around the Sun but reside in what are basically…
Jul 20 2011
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With weird western Cowboys & Aliens coming out next week, we couldn't help but wonder: were there any real 19th…
Jan 25 2011
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The star Zeta Ophiuchi is twenty times the size of our Sun and flying blind through space. Its runaway path has…