- WISE, NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, to search for "dark" objects in space like brown dwarf stars, vast dust clouds, and Earth-approaching asteroids. WISE finds them by sensing their heat in the form of infrared light most other telescopes can't pick up. Full story:
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/04/asteroid-alert.html#more
* NASA: Sun’s Nemesis Pelted Earth with Comets, Study Suggests… - Astrobiology Magazine - 03/11/10 - (is a NASA-sponsored online popular science magazine) - Getting WISE About Nemesis - Summary: Is our Sun part of a binary star system? An unseen companion star, nicknamed “Nemesis,” may be sending comets towards Earth. If Nemesis exists, NASA’s new WISE telescope should be able to spot it:
http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2010/03/suns-nemesis-pelted-earth-with-comets.html
