A NASA asteroid-hunting mission is coming to a close, paving the way for the next generation of planetary defense efforts.

A study of data captured by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite has disproved the existence of the hypothesized large celestial body, dubbed "Planet X." ...

WISE, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, took this picture of one of the closest star forming regions, a part of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. It lies some 400 light-years from Earth.

NASA’s universe-mapping and asteroid-hunting satellite — assembled in Logan nearly 15 years ago — has officially been powered down, leaving a piece of Cache Valley among the stars.

With its all-sky infrared survey, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has identified millions of quasar candidates. This image zooms in on one small region of the WISE sky ...

December 30, 2009. NASA’s recently launched Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer ejected its protective cover and opened its eyes to the starry sky today.

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NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth asteroid, the first of hundreds it is expected to find during its mission to map the whole sky in ...

NASA Approves Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Mission To Seek Nearest Stars, Brightest Galaxies ...