Posts Tagged ‘Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer’

Cassiopeian Dragon

11 January 2012 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

A dragon lurks in the vast spaces between con­stel­la­tions Cas­siopeia and Cepheus in the image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Sur­vey Explorer.

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WISE Jellyfish

11 May 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA/JPL–Caltech/WISE Team

A col­or­ful jel­ly­fish floats in this image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Sur­vey Explorer.

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Cosmic Pterodactyl

03 May 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team

A giant star-forming region sets the per­fect back­drop for a cos­mic ptero­dactyl clutch­ing a gem.

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Soul of the Cosmos

14 April 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA/JPL–Caltech/WISE Team

Mas­sive star-making regions make up the heart and soul of the cos­mos in this image from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Sur­vey Explorer.

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Rich Tapestries

07 April 2011 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team

Rich col­ors spill across a tapes­try of dust and gas in this image of the Rho Ophi­uchi star cloud from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Sur­vey Explorer, or WISE.

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