NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), due to be launched December 9 at 9:09 a.m. EST, is ready for it’s roll-out to the launch pad. The satellite is designed for polar orbit around the Earth, to search the sky for 9 months for hidden cosmic objects, such as very cool stars known as "brown dwarfs", dark asteroids and the most luminous galaxies.
"The eyes of WISE are a vast improvement over those of past infrared surveys," Edward Wright, mission principal investigator, said. "We will find millions of objects that have never been seen before."Read more
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